Eleanor of Castile 
Eleanor of was born about 1244 in Castile, Spain. Eleanor of's father was Ferdinand III "The Saint" of Castile and her mother was Joan of Ponthieu. Her paternal grandparents were Alfonso IX of Leon and Berenguela of Castile. She had two brothers named Ferdinand of and Louis of. She had seven half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Ferdinand of, Frederick of, Henry of, Manuel of, Phillip of, Sancho of, Alfonso of, Eleonor of, Berenguela of and Mary of. She died in hedby, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. She was buried on December 16th, 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.General Notes
Eleanor ws only about 10 years old when married to the 15 year old Edward of Westminster at Las Huelgas in 1254. Such child marriages were commonplace in Europe in the Middle Ages and the brides were usually consigned to their husbands' families to complete their education. The marriages were not consummated until the bride reached a suitable age (usually 14 or 15) and in Eleanor's case it seems to have been 18 or 19,
Eleanor of and Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenet of were married in a religious ceremony on October 18th, 1254 in Burgos, Spain. They had a son and a daughter, named Edward II Plantagenet of and Joan of.
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Children
Joan of Acre
Joan of was born in 1272 in Akko (Acre), Hazafon, Israel. She died at the age of 33 in 1305 in Clare, Suffolk, England.
Edward II Plantagenet of England
Edward II Plantagenet of was born on April 25th, 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Wales. He died at the age of 43 on September 21st, 1327 in (Murdered) Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England. He was buried in Gloucester Cathedral.
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