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Eleanor of England
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Spouses/Children:
1. Alfonso VIII de Castilla Rey de Castilla
- Berenguela de Castilla+
- Sancho de Castilla
- Sancha de Castilla
- Enrique de Castilla
- Fernando de Castilla
- Sancho de Castilla
- Urraca de Castilla
- Blanca de Castilla+
- Fernando de Castilla
- Mafalda de Castilla
- Constanza de Castilla
- Leonor de Castilla
- Enrique I de Castilla Rey de Castilla
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Eleanor of England 1 2 3 4 5 6
- Born: 13 Oct 1162, Château de Domfront, Domfront, Orne, Basse-Normandie, FR 7 8
- Marriage (1): Alfonso VIII de Castilla Rey de Castilla before 17 Sep 1177 in Catedral de Burgos, Plaza Santa Maria, Burgos, Castilla y León, ES
- Died: 25 Oct 1214, Burgos, Castilla y León, 09001, ES aged 52 8 9
- Buried: Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castilla y León, 09001, ES
General Notes:
ELEANOR (Domfront, Normandy 13 Oct 1162-Burgos 25 Oct 1214, bur Cistercian monastery Santa María la Real "de las Huelgas" near Burgos). Ralph de Diceto´s Abbreviationes Chronicorum record in 1162 that "Alienor regina" gave birth to "filiam...Alienor". Her birth is recorded by Matthew Paris "apud Rothomagum". Her first betrothal was arranged as part of the treaty of alliance between Emperor Friedrich I "Barbarossa" and her father in 1165, but was broken off in [1169] when the emperor formed an alliance with the king of France. Her betrothal to "Aldefonso regi Castellæ" is recorded by Matthew Paris in 1168. Ralph de Diceto´s Abbreviationes Chronicorum record in 1169 that "Alienor filia regis" married "Adelfunso regi Castellæ". Robert of Torigny records the marriage in 1170 of "Alienor filia Henrici regis Anglorum" and "Amfurso imperatore", commenting that he was not yet fifteen years old. Alfonso VIII King of Castile "cum uxore mea Alionor regina et cum filiabus meis Berengaria et Sancia Infantissis" exchanged property with the Templars by charter dated 26 Jan 1183. The Crónica Latina records that "el rey de Castilla" married "la hija del…rey Enrique, doña Leonor" and that his father-in-law had promised him Gascony. The Annales Compostellani record the death "II Kal Nov" in 1214 of "Regina Alienor uxor Aldefonsi Regis Castellæ". The Anales Toledanos record the death "viernes el postrimo dia de Octubre" in 1214 of "la Reyna Doña Lionor, muggier del Rey D. Alfonso".
Betrothed(1165) to FRIEDRICH von Staufen, son of Emperor FRIEDRICH I "Barbarossa" & his second wife Béatrice Ctss Palatine de Bourgogne (Pavia 16 Jul 1164-[28 Nov 1168/1170]), bur Lorch). He was installed as Duke of Swabia in 1167.
m (Betrothed [1168/69], Burgos Sep, before 17, 1177) don ALFONSO VIII King of Castile, son of don SANCHO III King of Castile & his wife Infanta doña Blanca de Navarra (Soria 11 Nov 1155-Gutiérre Múñoz near Arévalo 6 Oct 1214, bur Cistercian monastery Santa María la Real "de las Huelgas" near Burgos).
Eleanor married Alfonso VIII de Castilla Rey de Castilla, son of Sancho III de Castilla y León Rey de Castilla and Blanca de Navarra, before 17 Sep 1177 in Catedral de Burgos, Plaza Santa Maria, Burgos, Castilla y León, ES. (Alfonso VIII de Castilla Rey de Castilla was born on 11 Nov 1155 in Soria, Soria, Castilla y León, 42001, ES,10 11 died on 6 Oct 1214 in Gutierre-Muñoz, Ávila, Castilla y León, ES 10 11 and was buried on 16 Oct 1214 in Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castilla y León, 09001, ES 10.)
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