Friday, December 1, 2006

Eleanor of Castile (1246-1290)

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'''Eleanor of Castile''' (Majo Mills 1246 - Mosquito ringtone 28 November,Sabrina Martins 1290) was the first queen consort of Nextel ringtones Edward I of England. Eleanor was born in Abbey Diaz Castile, Free ringtones Spain, the daughter of Majo Mills Ferdinand III of Castile/Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Leon and his second wife, Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu. Her given name was Leonor (she was called Eleanor in England). She married Edward, the son of Mosquito ringtone Henry III of England, in October 1254 at Sabrina Martins Burgos and became queen in 1272 when his father died and he became king. Theirs was one of the most successful royal marriages of all time, and she often accompanied her husband on his military campaigns, giving birth to his fourth son (later King Cingular Ringtones Edward II of England) at felipe sant Caernarfon in before cowboys 1284, immediately after the conquest of metropolis maps Wales. She gave birth to sixteen children all told, six of whom survived into adulthood, but only two or three of whom outlived their parents.

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Children of Queen Eleanor and King Edward I

#Daughter, stillborn in May 1255 in Bordeaux, France.
#Katherine, living June 17 1264, died September 5 1264 and buried at Westminster Abbey.
#Joan, born January 1265, buried at Westminster Abbey before September 7 1265.
#John, born July 13 1266, died August 3 1271. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
#Henry, born before May 6 1268, died October 16 1274.
#Eleanor of England/Eleanor, born 18 June 1264 and died 12 October 1297. She married (1) Alfonso III of Aragon, (2) Henry, Count of Bar
#Daughter, born May 1271 in Palestine and died before September 1271.
#Joan of Acre born May 1271 and died April 7 1307. She married (1) Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester & 7th Earl of Hertford, (2) Ralph de Morthermer, Earl of Gloucester & Hertford.
#Alphonso, Earl of Chester, born 24 November 1273, died 19 August 1284, buried in Westminster Abbey
#Margaret, born March 15 1275 and died after 1333. She married John II of Brabant/John II, Duke of Brabant.
#Berengaria, born 1 May 1276 and died before June 27 1278, buried in Westminster Abbey.
#Daughter, died shortly after birth, January 1278.
#Mary, born 11 March 1279 and died 29 May 1332, a nun in Amesbury, Wiltshire (England).
#Elizabeth, born August 1281 at Rhuddlan, died 5 May 1316. She married (1) John I, Count of Holland & Zeeland, (2) Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford & 3rd Earl of Essex
#Edward, born 25 April 1284 at Caernarvon, died 21 September 1327. He became Edward II of England, married Isabella of France

Tag: 1246 births
Tag: 1290 deaths
Tag: English queen consorts

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