Eleanor (Alianore Leanor) of Castile 
Eleanor (Alianore Leanor) of was born in 1244 in Burgos, Castile, Spain. Eleanor (Alianore Leanor) of's father was Ferdinand III "The Saint" King of Leon & Castile and her mother was Joan de Dammartin. Her paternal grandparents were King of Castile & Leon Alfonso IX Fernandez de Castile and Berengaria Queen of Castile; her maternal grandparents were Simon II Count Of Aumale Dammartin and Countess Marie Jeanne dePonthieu. She was an only child. She died at the age of 46 in 1290 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. She was buried on December 16th, 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, 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.1065 in Dijon, France d.24 May 1107 in Grajal Do Campos, Leon
- b.1 Mar 1105/1106 d.21 Aug 1157
- b.1082 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.8 Mar 1125/1126 in Saldana, Palencia, Spain
- b.1137 in Toledo, Castile d.1188 in Benavente, Zamora, Castile
- b.1079 d.1130
- b.1116 in Barcelona, Aragon d.2 Feb 1147/1148 in Palencia, Lâeon
- b.1083
- b.15 Aug 1166 in Zamora, Leon, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaneuva de Sarria, Lugo, Spain
- b.1066 d.UNKNOWN
- b.25 Jul 1110 d.06 Dec 1185
- b.1070 d.01 Nov 1130
- b.1144 in Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal d.1188 in Valladolid, Spain
- b.1100 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1125 d.04 Nov 1157
- b.1100 d.UNKNOWN
- b.19 Aug 1201 in Leon, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.1 Mar 1105/1106 d.21 Aug 1157
- b.1134 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.31 Aug 1158 in Toledo, Castile, Spain
- b.1116 in Barcelona, Aragon d.2 Feb 1147/1148 in Palencia, Lâeon
- b.1158 in Castile, Spain d.06 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Spain
- b.1095 d.21 Nov 1150
- b.1133 in Navarre, Spain d.24 Jun 1158 in Toledo, Castile, Spain
- b.1110 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1181 in Burgos, Castile d.1246 in Burgos, Castile
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou d.07 Sep 1151
- b.5 Mar 1132/1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et Loire, France
- b.05 Aug 1102 in London England d.10 Sep 1167 in Notre Dame Rouen Seine Maritime Francey
- b.13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.31 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Spain
- b.1099
- b.1122 in Chateau de Belin, Guinne, France d.31 Mar 1202 in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.1103
- b.1244 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.1290 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1075 in Mello Oise France
- b.~ 1110 in Dammartin, Seine et Marne, France
- b.~ 1080 in Dammartin en Goele, Seine et Marne, France
- b.~ 1160 in Dammartin, Seine et Marne, France d.1200
- b.~ 1100 in Bar le duc, Le Barrios, France
- b.1135 in Bar le duc, Le Barrios, France
- b.1099 in Vaudemont, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France d.1127
- b.1180 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, France d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville, Somme, France
- b.1141 in Montmorency, Seine Et Oise, France
- b.1216 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, France d.15 Mar 1278/1279 in Abbeville, France
- b.1118 d.1147
- b.1143 d.1192
- b.1110 d.1182
- b.1166
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.1135 d.UNKNOWN
- b.17 Apr 1199 in Aumâle, Seine-Maritime, France d.1251 in Abbeville, France
- b.1081 in France d.01 Aug 1187 in Chateau Bethizy, Paris, France
- b.29 Aug 1119 d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris,France
- d.18 Nov 1154
- b.1150 d.1199
- b.1099
- b.1122 in Chateau de Belin, Guinne, France d.31 Mar 1202 in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.1103
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Eleanor (Alianore Leanor) of and Edward I "Longshanks" King of were married in a religious ceremony on October 18th, 1254 in Burgos, Spain. They had a daughter named Joan "of Acre".
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Children
Joan "of Acre" Plantagenet
Joan "of Acre" was born in 1272 in Acre, Hazafon, Palestine. She died at the age of 35 on April 23rd, 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England. She was buried on April 26th, 1307 in Austins Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England.
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