Eleanor Of Provence 
Eleanor Of was born about 1223 in Aix-En-Provence, Bouches-Du-Rhone, France. Eleanor Of's father was Raymond V Berenger. Her paternal grandfather was II Alfonso. She was an only child. She died on June 25th, 1291 in In Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. She was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Queen Of England
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 Provençal 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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.11 Nov 1080 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain d.19 Aug 1131
- b.~ 1113 d.06 Aug 1162 in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Piedmont, Italy
- b.~ 1096 in Provence, France d.Bet 1127 and 1130
- b.Mar 1155-1156 in Villa Mayor Del Valle, Huesca, Aragon, Spain d.25 Apr 1196 in Perpignan, Rousillon, France
- b.1075 in Aragon, Spain d.16 Aug 1157 in Huesca, Huesca, Aragón
- b.1135 d.Oct 1172 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- b.~ 1100
- b.~ 1070 in Burgundy, France d.Bet 1107 and 1108 in Grajal, , Spain
- b.1 Mar 1103-1104 in Castile, Spain d.21 Aug 1157 in Fresneda, Castile, Spain
- b.1081 in Castile, Spain d.Mar 1124-1125 in Saldana, Castile, Spain
- b.~ 1223 in Aix-En-Provence, Bouches-Du-Rhone, France d.25 Jun 1291 in In Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
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Eleanor Of and Henry III were married in a religious ceremony in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England. They had a son named Edward I.
Family Notes
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