Eleanor of Castile 1 2 3 4
General Notes: Eleanor of Castile , d.1290, queen consort of Edward I of England and daughter of Ferdinand III of Castile. At her marriage (1254) she brought to Prince Edward the territories of Ponthieu and Montreuil and claims to Gascony. She went with Edward on the crusade of 1270–72 to the Holy Land, where she supposedly saved his life after he had been wounded. On their return they were both crowned (1274), Henry III having died in 1272. After her death Edward had crosses erected to mark the stages of her funeral procession from Nottinghamshire to London. Of the 12 so-called Eleanor Crosses—at Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Northampton, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St. Albans, Waltham, Westcheap, and Charing—those at Geddington, Northampton, and Waltham are extant, though partially restored. Noted events in her life were: • She was a Countess of Ponthieu. Eleanor married Edward I of England, son of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence Berenger, on 18 Oct 1254 in Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile. (Edward I of England was born on 17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England and died on 7 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the-Sands, Near Carlisle.) |