Person Sheet


Name *Eleanor (Alianore) DE CASTILLE, 23G Grandmother
Birth abt 1244, Castile, Spain
Death 24 Nov 1290, Herdeby, Near Grantham, Lincolnshire, Marlborough Castle, Eng.
Burial Westminster Abbey
Occupation Acceded to throne 19 Aug 1274 at Westminster Abbey
Father *Ferdinand III "The Saint" , King of Castile (1199-1252)
Mother Countess of Ponthieu, Johanna de Danmartin?
Spouses:
1 *Edward I "Longshanks" PLANTAGENET , King of England, 21G Grandfather
Birth 16 Jun 1239, Approx. DOB Born in Westminster Abbey
Death 7 Jul 1307, at Burgh-On_Sands, Near Carlisle, Cumberland, Eng.
Burial Westminster Abbey
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES - Reigned 1272-1307. Note: BJ is descended from him through 3 of his children namely Edward II, Elizabeth fr. 1st marriage, and Edmund fr. 2nd marriage.
Father *Henry III PLANTAGENET , King of England (1207-1272)
Mother *Eleanor BERENGUER DE PROVENCE (~1217-1291)
Marriage Oct 1254, Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile
Children: *Elizabeth (-1316)
Notes for *Eleanor (Alianore) DE CASTILLE
She was married to Edw. I at age 11 while he was 15 years of age.
Acceded to throne 19 Aug 1274 at Westminster Abbey, London, Eng.
Had 16 children by Edward I.
After dying at either the house of Richard de Weston OR Sir John Weston, her body was taken to Lincoln on Dec.4th, and the procession to Westminster Abbey and following the showing there, stopped successively at the towns of Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Northampton, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St. Albans, Waltham, Westcheap and Charing. In every town and place where the corpse rested, the King commanded a cross of superior workmanship to be erected in the Queen's memory. The cross of Northampton, Gheddington and Waltham remain to this day..
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