Eleanor of Leicester 
Eleanor was born in 1215. Eleanor's father was John “Lackland” (King of England) and her mother was Isabella d'Angouleme. Her paternal grandparents were Henry II “Curmantle” (King of England) and Eleanor of Aquitaine (also m. K Louis VII). She had two brothers and two sisters, named Henry III, Richard, Joan and Isabella. She was the youngest of the five children. She had two half-brothers named Richard and Joan. She died at the age of 60 in 1275.General Notes
Simon de Montfort and Eleanor of Leicester had seven children, many of whom were notable in their own right:[17]
1.Henry de Montfort (November 1238 – 1265)
2.Simon the Younger de Montfort (April 1240 – 1271)
3.Amaury de Montfort, Canon of York (1242/1243-1300)
4.Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola (1244–1288). Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort of Edward IV of England, was one of Guy's descendants through his daughter, Anastasia de Montfort, Countess of Nola.
5.Joanna de Montfort (born and died in Bordeaux between 1248 and 1251).
6.Richard de Montfort (d.1266). Date of death is not certain.
7.Eleanor de Montfort (1252–1282). She married Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales, honouring an agreement that had been made between Earl Simon and Llywelyn. Eleanor, Lady of Wales, died on 19 June 1282 at the royal Welsh home at Abergwyngregyn, on the north coast of Gwynedd, giving birth to a daughter, Gwenllian of Wales. After Llywelyn's death on 11 December 1282, Gwenllian was captured by King Edward I and spent the rest of her life in a convent.
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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.1113 d.1151
- b.1133 d.1189
- b.1028 d.09 Sep 1087
- b.1068 d.1135
- b.1032 d.03 Nov 1083
- b.07 Feb 1102 d.10 Sep 1167
- b.1031 d.13 Nov 1098 in Alnwick (battle)
- b.1079 d.1118
- b.1045 d.1093
- b.1160 d.1216
- b.1122 d.1204
- b.1215 d.1275
- b.1189 d.1246
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Individual Additional Information
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Associated external link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Leicester
Details of Eleanor's family with Simon de Montfort (6th Earl of Leicester)
Details of Eleanor's family with William Marshal (2nd Earl of Pembroke)
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