Eleanora de Castile Cts de Ponthieu 
Eleanora de Castile was born in 1240 in of Burgos, Castile, Spain. Eleanora de Castile's father was St. Ferdinand III King of Castile & LeUn and her mother was Johanna de Dammartin Cts de Ponthieu. Her maternal grandparents were Simon de Dammartin II de Aum,le Ct de Aum,le and Marie (Jeanne) de Ponthieu Cts de Ponthieu. She had four brothers named Fernando de Castile, Luis de Castile, Juan de Castile and Simon. She had a half-sister named Eleanor (Margaret). She died at the age of 50 on November 29th, 1290 in Herdeby (near Grantham), Lincolnshire, England.General Notes
Eleanor OF CASTILE, Spanish LEONOR DE CASTILLA (b. 1246--d. Nov. 28, 1290, Harby, Nottinghamshire, Eng.), queen consort of King Edward I of England (ruled 1272-1307). Her devotion to Edward helped bring out his better qualities; after her death, his rule became somewhat arbitrary. Eleanor was the daughter of King Ferdinand III of Castile and his wife, Joan of Ponthieu.
In 1254 Eleanor was married to Lord Edward, son of England's King Henry III. In honour of the event, her half brother, Alfonso X of Castile, transferred to Edward his claims to Gascony. When Henry III's baronial opponents seized power in England in 1264, Eleanor was sent for safety to France; she returned in October 1265, after Edward had crushed the rebels.
Eleanor accompanied Edward on a crusade from 1270 to 1273. The story that she saved his life at Acre (now in Israel) by sucking poison from a dagger wound is evidently apocryphal. After Edward ascended the throne, Eleanor was criticized for allegedly mistreating the tenants on her lands. Upon her death, Edward erected the famous Eleanor Crosses--several of which still stand--at each place where her coffin rested on its way to London. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '907]
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Queen of England, Princess of Castile and LeUn, Countess of Ponthieu [Royalty for Commoners, 3rd ed., R. W. Stuart, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1998]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1199 in Castile, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.1240 in of Burgos, Castile, Spain d.29 Nov 1290 in Herdeby (near Grantham), Lincolnshire, England
- b.1180 in of Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville, France
- b.1216 in Abbeville, France d.15 MAR 1278/79 in Abbeville, France
- b.17 Apr 1199 in of Aum, le, Seine-Maritime, France d.Sep 1251 in Abbeville, France
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Eleanora de Castile and Edward I Longshanks were married in a religious ceremony on October 18th, 1254 in Abbey de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile. They had four sons and twelve daughters, named John, Henry, Alfonso Plantagenet, Edward II of Caernarvon, Eleanor, Joan, Julian (Katherine), Joan of Acre Plantagenet, Margaret, Berengaria, Elizabeth, Beatrice, Blanche, Mary, Alice and Isabella.
Family Notes
Henry III ran afoul of his barons (again) when he requested a large amount of money to aid him in putting down Gaston de BEarn's 2nd rebellion in Gascony, saying that de BEarn's ally St. Ferdinand III King of Castile was going to invade Gascony, but just as he said this, Simon de Montfort returned to England & told the barons that Henry was actually negotiating with the St. Ferdinand III to marry his daughter Eleanor to Henry's son Crown Prince Edward "Longshanks" (de Montfort's commetns were true).[Custer February 1, 2002 Family Tree.FTW]
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Henry III ran afoul of his barons (again) when he requested a large amount of money to aid him in putting down Gaston de BEarn's 2nd rebellion in Gascony, saying that de BEarn's ally St. Ferdinand III King of Castile was going to invade Gascony, but just as he said this, Simon de Montfort returned to England & told the barons that Henry was actually negotiating with the St. Ferdinand III to marry his daughter Eleanor to Henry's son Crown Prince Edward "Longshanks" (de Montfort's commetns were true).
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Children
Death Notes
Disembowelled at orders of Roger de Mortimer & Edward's wife Isabella.
Eleanor Plantagenet
Eleanor was born on June 17th, 1264 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. She died at the age of 33 on October 12th, 1297 in Ghent.
John Plantagenet
John was born on July 10th, 1266 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. He died at the age of 5 on August 3rd, 1271 in Westminster, London, England.
Henry Plantagenet
Henry was born on July 13th, 1267 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. He died at the age of 7 on October 14th, 1274 in Merton, Surrey.
Julian (Katherine) Plantagenet
Julian (Katherine) was born in 1271 in Acre, Palestine. She died in 1271 in Acre, Palestine.
Joan of Acre Plantagenet Cts de Gloucester
Joan of Acre Plantagenet was born in 1272 in Acre, Palestine. She died at the age of 35 on April 23rd, 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England.
Alfonso Plantagenet Earl of Chester
Alfonso Plantagenet was born on November 24th, 1273 in Bayonne, Basses-Pyrenees, Bordeaux. He died at the age of 10 on August 19th, 1284 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.
Margaret Plantagenet
Margaret was born on September 11th, 1275 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. She died at the age of 43 in 1318 in Brussels, Belgium.
Elizabeth Plantagenet
Elizabeth was born on August 7th, 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales. She died at the age of 33 on May 5th, 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England.
Edward II of Caernarvon King of England
Edward II of Caernarvon was born on April 25th, 1284 in Carnarvon Castle, Carnarvon, Wales. He died at the age of 43 on September 21st, 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England.
Mary Plantagenet
Mary was born in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. She died before July 8th, 1332 in Amesbury, England.
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