Eleanor Berenger de Provence 
Eleanor was born in 1222 in Aix-en-Provence, France. Eleanor's father was Raimund VI Berenger Ct de Provence and her mother was Beatrice de Savoie. Her paternal grandparents were Alphonso II "El Casto" Ct de Provence and Gersinde de Sabran Cts de Forcalquier; her maternal grandparents were Thomas de Maurienne Ct de Savoie and Marguerite de Faucigny de Genevre. She had three sisters named Marguerite, Sanchia Berenger and Beatrice Berenger. She was the second oldest of the four children. She died at the age of 69 on June 24th, 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.General Notes
Eleanor of Provence, French .L.ONORE DE PROVENCE (b. 1223--d. June 25, 1291, Amesbury, Wiltshire, Eng.), queen consort of King Henry III of England (ruled 1216-72); her widespread unpopularity intensified the severe conflicts between the King and his barons.
Eleanor's father was Raymond Berengar IV, count of Provence, and her mother was the daughter of Thomas I, count of Savoy. The marriage of Eleanor and Henry (January 1236) was designed to further the King's continental ambitions. Eleanor soon alienated the barons by having her Savoyard and ProvenAal uncles installed in high offices in England.
After rebel barons captured Henry and took over the government in May 1264, Eleanor became the leader of the royalist exiles in France. She raised an invasion force, but her fleet was wrecked at Sluis, Flanders. Nevertheless, the rebels were crushed in August 1265, and Eleanor then returned to England. Upon the death of Henry and the accession of her son Edward I, she retired to a nunnery at Amesbury. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.BET. 1174 - 1180 in Barcelona, Spain or AragUn d.FEB 1208/09 in Palermo, Sicily or Perpinan, Roussillon, France
- b.1198 in Of Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-Du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-Du-Rhone, France
- b.1180 in Sabran, Spain d.1224 in l'Abbaye de la Celle, France
- b.1222 in Aix-en-Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.20 May 1177 in Carbonierres, Savoy, France d.1 MAR 1232/33 in Aoste, Savoy, France
- b.BET. 1198 - 1201 in of Ghamberg, Savoie, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.~ 1180 in Geneva, Switzerland d.08 Apr 1236 in Pierre-Chatel, Isere, France
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Eleanor and Henry III Plantagenet were married in a religious ceremony in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England. They had six sons and three daughters, named Edward I Longshanks, Richard, John, William, Henry, Edmund Crouchback, Margaret, Beatrice and Katherine.
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Children
Death Notes
Dysentery.
Edward I Longshanks King of England
Edward I Longshanks was born on June 17th, 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England. He died at the age of 68 on July 7th, 1307 in Burgh-on-the-Sands, near Carlisle, Cumberland, England.
Margaret Plantagenet
Margaret was born on September 29th, 1240 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. She died in Cupar Castle, Fife.
Beatrice Plantagenet
Beatrice was born on June 24th, 1242 in Bordeaux, Gascony, France. She died in London, England.
Katherine Plantagenet
Katherine was born on November 25th, 1253 in Westminster. She died at the age of 3 on May 3rd, 1257 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.
Edmund Crouchback Plantagenet Earl Leicester
Edmund Crouchback was born in London, England. He died on June 5th, 1296 in Bayonne, France.
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