Eleanor of England ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Eleanor was Aliénor of England.

  General Notes:

ELEANOR of England (1215-convent of the sisters of St Dominic, near Montargis 13 Apr 1275). The Annals of Dunstable record that "Willelmus Marscallus junior" married "sororem Henrici regis Angliæ" in 1225, recorded as the first event in that year. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the marriage in 1224 of "soror regis Henrici"and "juveni Marescallo". She is recorded as "Pembrocensis comitissa" (not named), sister of Isabella, by Matthew Paris. He names her as daughter of King John in a later passage which records her second marriage with "Simon de Monteforti", specifying that she was "relictam Willelmi Marescalli comitis de Penbrochia". The Annals of Tewkesbury record the marriage "XIX Kal Feb in parvula capella regis apud Westmonasterium" of "soror regis Angliæ uxor quondam junioris Marscalli" and "Symoni de Monteforti". The Annales Cambriæ record that "Simon de Monteforti" married "Alienoram comitissam Penbrok" in 1238. She became a nun after the death of her first husband, taking a vow of perpetual celibacy. This was not a canonical impediment to her second marriage, her second husband obtaining Papal absolution in Rome for the marriage. She retired once more as a nun at Montargis (a cell of the abbey of Fontevraud) after her second husband was killed. A writ dated 3 Jun "3 Edw I", following the death of "Eleanor countess of Leicester late the wife of William Marescal earl of Pembroke" related to "Kemesing manor...Neubiri manor" held in dower by the deceased from her first husband, adjudged to "Roger le Bygot earl of Norfolk and marshal of England one of the heirs of Walter le Marescal brother and heir of the said William...Roger de Mortuo Mari and Maud his wife, Eudo la Zuche and Milicent his wife, John de Hastingges and Humphrey de Boun heirs of Eva de Breuhus a sister and heir of the said Walter...Agnes de Vescy, Emery de Rupe Cauardi and Maud his wife, William de Mohun, John de Mohun, Agatha de Mortuo Mari and John de Boun heirs of Sibyl de Ferrariis another sister and heir of the said Walter...William de Valencia and Joan his wife an heir of the said Walter".

m firstly (23 Apr 1224) as his second wife, WILLIAM Marshal Earl of Pembroke, son of WILLIAM Marshal Earl of Pembroke & his wife Isabel de Clare Ctss of Pembroke (Normandy [1190]-6 Apr 1231, bur 15 Apr 1231 Temple Church, London). No children.

m secondly (King's Chapel, Palace of Westminster 7 Jan 1238) SIMON de Montfort, son of SIMON de Montfort Earl of Leicester & his wife Alice de Montmorency (1208-killed in battle Evesham 4 Aug 1265, bur Evesham). He left England for Rome in 1238, while his wife remained at Kenilworth.

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He [William Marshal] married, 2ndly, 23 April 1224, Eleanor, younger daughter of JOHN, King of England, by Isabel, daughter and heir of Aymer, COUNT OF ANGOULÊME (which Isabel married, 2ndly, Hugh DE LUSIGNAN, COUNT OF LA MARCHE). William died s.p., 6 April, and was buried 15 April 1231, in the Temple Church London. His widow took the veil but eventually married, 2ndly, Simon (DE MONTFORT), EARL OF LEICESTER.

[Complete Peerage X:365-8, XIV:521, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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He [Simon de Montfort] m. 7 Jan 1237/8, privately, in the King's chapel in Westminster, Eleanor, 2nd daughter of King John, by Isabel, daughter and heir of Aimar, Count of Agouleme (a). She, who was b. 1215, had been betrothed, 23 Apr 1224, to William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. She d. 13 Apr 1275, in France, at Montargis, a cell of Fontrevault, to which she retired after the battle of Evesham.

[Complete Peerage VII:543-7]

(a) After the Earl of Pembroke's death Eleanor, with her governess Cicely de Sanford, widow of Sir William de Gorham, had made to the Archbishop of Canterbury a public vow of perpetual celibacy. Such a vow did not, however, constitute a canonical impediment. Soon after he married Eleanor, Simon de Montfort went to Rome, and obtained a papl absolution in respect of this vow. . .

Eleanor married someone William Marshal 2nd Earl of Pembroke, son of William Marshal 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare Countess of Pembroke, on 23 Apr 1224.¹ (William Marshal 2nd Earl of Pembroke was born about 1190,^{4 5} died on 6 Apr 1231 in Fawley, Buckinghamshire, GB ^{1 4 5} and was buried on 15 Apr 1231 in Temple Church, Temple, London, EC4Y 7BB, GB ⁴.)

Eleanor next married Simon de Montfort Earl of Leicester on 7 Jan 1238 in King's Chapel, Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA, GB.^{1 2 3} (Simon de Montfort Earl of Leicester was born about 1208-1209, died on 4 Aug 1265 in "Battle of Evesham", Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11, GB and was buried in Evesham Abbey, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11, GB.)