Lady Eleanore Berenger of Provence

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Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

4th Count of Provence Raymond Berenger V

Beatrice of Savoy

Count of Provence Alphonso Berenger II

Garsinde de Sabran

Thomas of Savoy

Beatrice de Geneva

Marguerite

Beatrice

Ambresbury, Wiltshire, England

Ambresbury Monastery, Wiltshire, England

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Eleanor of Provence (born c. 1217 - died 1291) was Queen Consort of King Henry III of England.

Born in Aix-en-Provence, she was the daughter of Raymond Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (1198-1245) and Beatrice of Savoy (1206-1266), the daughter of Tomasso, Count of Savoy and his second wife Margaret. Eleanor's sister, Marguerite (1221-1295), married Louis IX, King of France and became Queen of France.

When she was 13 years old, Eleanor was married to Henry III, King of England (1207-1272) in January 1236. She had never seen him prior to the wedding at Canterbury Cathedral and had never set foot in his impoverished kingdom. The dynastic match became a true partnership, but her first year in London the despised foreign queen in her barge on the Thames was threatened by a London mob and fled to the bishop of London's palace for safety.

She was a confident consort to Henry, but she brought in her retinue a large number of cousins, "the Savoyards," and her influence with the King and her unpopularity with the English barons created friction during Henry's reign. She stoutly contested Simon de Montfort, raising troops in France for Henry's cause. In 1272 Henry died, and her son Edward, 33 years old, became Edward I, King of England. Eleanor retired to a convent but remained in touch with her son.

Eleanor died in 1291 Amesbury, England.

The couple had nine children, four of whom survived: Edward I (1239 - 1307) Margaret (born 19.9. 1240) Beatrice (born 25.6. 1242) Edmund (born 14.3. 1245)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Count of Barcelona Raymond (The Great) Berenger of Provence III ^*
  - b.11 Nov 1080 d.19 Aug 1131
  
  Count of Barcelona Raymond Berenger of Provence
  - b.1113 d.08 Aug 1162
  
  Alphonso (The Chaste) Berenger of Provence I
  - b.May 1152 d.25 Apr 1196
  
  Ramiro (The Monk) Jiminez II ^*
  - b.~  1075 d.16 Aug 1157 in Heusca
  
  Petronilla Jiminez
  - b.1135 d.17 Oct 1174 in Barcelona, Spain
  
  Agnes of Acquitaine ^*
  - b.1097 in Poitiers, France d.1159
  
  Count of Provence Alphonso Berenger II
  - b.~  1174 d.Feb 1209
  
  Count of Galicia and Amans Raymond de Macon ^*
  - b.~  1067 in Bourgogne, France d.24 May 1107 in Grajal
  
  Alfonso (The Emperor) of Castile VII
  - b.01 Mar 1105 d.21 Aug 1157 in Fresneda
  
  Urraca Jiminez ^*
  - b.1082 d.1126
  
  Sancha of Castile
  - b.21 Sep 1164 d.09 Nov 1208 in Sijena
  
  Richeza of Poland Piast
  - b.1130
  
  4th Count of Provence Raymond Berenger V
  - b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
  
  William de Sabran II
  - b.1080 d.>  1158
  
  Rostaing de Sabran II
  - b.~  1130 d.<  1180
  
  Rainier de Sabran I
  - d.>  1210
  
  Rainon du Caylar
  - b.~  1110
  
  Rosine du Caylar
  - b.~  1140 d.Apr 1192
  
  Beatrice d'Uzes
  - b.~  1115
  
  Garsinde de Sabran
  - b.1180 d.~  1209
  
  Bertrand de Forcalquier
  - b.1110 d.1150
  
  William de Forcalquier II
  - b.1137 d.13 Oct 1210
  
  Josserande de 'Flotte
  - b.~  1110 d.1152
  
  Garsende de Forcalquier
  - d.<  1190
  
  Raymond Trencavel
  - b.1098 d.20 Oct 1168
  
  Adelaide Trencavel
  
  Adelaide de Beziers
  - b.~  1110
  
  Lady Eleanore Berenger of Provence
  - b.1222 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Ambresbury, Wiltshire, England
  
  Count of Savoy Otto de Maurienne I ^*
  - b.1020 d.1060
  
  Amadeus de Maurienne II
  - b.1047 d.09 Dec 1080
  
  Adelaide de Montferrat
  - b.1018 d.27 Dec 1091
  
  Marquis of Turin, Count of Savoy Humbert de Maurienne II
  - b.~  1062 in Savoy, France d.23 Sep 1104
  
  Gerold of Geneva II
  - b.0995 d.1060
  
  Jeanne of Geneva
  - b.1040 d.1070
  
  Gisela of Burgundy de Macon ^*
  - b.1070 in Savoy, France d.1153
  
  Thomas of Savoy
  - b.20 May 1177 in Cabronierres, Savoy, France d.06 Mar 1233 in Aoste, Isere, France
  
  Beatrix of Macon
  
  Beatrice of Savoy
  - b.~  1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.Dec 1266 in France
  
  William de Geneva I
  
  Beatrice de Geneva
  - b.~  1180 in Geneva, Switzerland d.08 Apr 1257 in Pierre-Chatel, France
  
  Beatrix de Valperge
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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