Eleanor of Castile

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'''Eleanor of Castile''' (1244-1290) was the first [[queen consort]] of [[Edward I]] of [[England]]. Eleanor was born in [[Castile]], [[Spain]], the daughter of [[Ferdinand III]], [[King]] of Castile and [[Leon]]. Her given [[name]] was Leonor (she was called Eleanor in England). She [[marriage|married]] Edward, the son of [[Henry III]] of [[England]], in October 1254 at Burgos and became [[queen]] in 1272 when his father died and he became king. Theirs was one of the most successful [[royal]] marriages of all time, and she often accompanied her husband on his military campaigns, giving [[birth]] to his fourth son (later King [[Edward II]] of [[England]]) at Caernarfon in 1284, immediately after the conquest of [[Wales]]. She gave birth to sixteen children all told, six of whom survived into adulthood, but only two or three of whom outlived their parents.

Eleanor died on November 28, 1290, at [[Nottingham]] (believed actually Harby, Nottinghamshire rather than the city), and her body was returned to [[London]] for burial at [[Westminster Abbey]]. Such was Edward's devotion to her that he erected [[memorial cross]]es at each overnight stop. Three of these "[[Eleanor cross]]es" are still landmarks today, although the most famous at [[Charing Cross]] (from which its name derives) is a copy. He did not remarry for nine years, to Margaret of [[France]], in 1299.

The locations of the 12 crosses were as follows: [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], [[Grantham]], [[Stamford]], [[Geddington]], [[Northampton]], [[Stony Stratford]], [[Woburn]], [[Dunstable]], [[St. Albans]], [[Waltham]], [[Westcheap]], and [[Charing Cross|Charing]].

'''Children of Queen Eleanor and King Edward I :'''
#[[Eleanor of England|Eleanor]] -- (17 June 1264 - 12 October 1297) married (1) Alfonso III of Aragon, (2) Henry, [[Count]] of Bar
#Joan -- (1265 - <7 September 1265) [[burial|buried]] in [[Westminster Abbey]]
#John -- (<10 July 1266 - 3 August 1271) buried in [[Westminster Abbey]]
#Henry -- (13 July 1267 - 14 October 1274) buried in [[Westminster Abbey]]
#Katherine (or Julian) -- (1271 - 5 September 1271) died shortly after birth in [[Israel]]
#Joan of Acre -- (1272 - 23 April 1307) married (1) Gilbert de Clare, 3rd [[Earl]] of Gloucester

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