Éléonore de Provence ³

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ELEONORE de Provence (Aix-en-Provence [1223]-Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire 24/25 Jun 1291, bur Amesbury Abbey). A charter dated 22 Jun 1235 records the marriage agreement between "Henricus III Angliæ Rex" and "Amedeo IV Sab. Com. ac Willelmo electo Valentino fratribus…nepte, sororis illorum, comitissæ Provinciæ, filia". The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records the marriage "Id Jan" [1236] in Canterbury of King Henry III and "Alienoram filiam comitis Proventiæ" and their joint coronation in London "XIII Kal Feb". Her marriage is recorded by Matthew Paris, who also states her parentage. She was crowned Queen Consort 19/20 Jan 1236 at Westminster Abbey. Her marriage signalled the establishment of close ties between the English court and the house of Savoy, the foreign immigrants becoming increasingly unpopular in England and contributing to the difficulties experienced by King Henry III with his barons. The testament of "R. Berengarius…comes et marchio Provincie et comes Forcalquerii", dated 20 Jun 1238, names "Margaritam filiam nostrum…reginam Francie…Elionors filiam nostrum…reginam Anglie…Sanciam filiam nostram" and appoints "Beatricem filiam nostrum heredem generalem". The testament of "Beatricis relictæ Raimundi Berengarii comitis Provinciæ", dated 14 Jan 1264, confirms her previous testaments appointing "Reginarum filiarum suarum Margarethæ Franciæ et Alienoræ Angliæ…" as her heirs. She became a nun at Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire 7 Jul 1284. The Annales Londonienses record the death "in crastino Sancti Johannis Baptistæ" in 1291 of "Elianora mater regis Edwardi" and her burial "apud Ambresbury in festo nativitate beatæ Virginis".

m (Betrothed 22 Jun 1235, Canterbury 14 Jan 1236) HENRY III King of England , son of JOHN King of England & Isabelle d'Angoulême (Winchester Castle 1 Oct 1207-Palace of Westminster 16 Nov 1272, bur Westminster Abbey). ⁴

Éléonore married Henry III of England King of England, son of John I of England King of England, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and Isabelle d'Angoulême Comtesse d’Angoulême, on 14 Jan 1237 in Canterbury Cathedral, The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2EH, GB.^{1 2} (Henry III of England King of England was born on 1 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, Castle Avenue, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8PJ, GB,^{1 5} died on 16 Nov 1272 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA, GB ^{1 5} and was buried in Westminster Abbey, 20 Deans Yard, Westminster, London, SW1P 3PA, GB.)