Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile

Eleanor of England
Queen consort of Castile and Toledo
TenureSeptember 1170 – 5 October 1214
Bornc. 1161
Domfront Castle, Normandy
Died31 October 1214 (aged 53)
Burgos, Castile
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1170; died 1214)
Issue
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Berengaria I, Queen of Castile
Urraca, Queen of Portugal
Blanche, Queen of France
Eleanor, Queen of Aragon
Henry I, King of Castile
HousePlantagenet / Angevin[a]
FatherHenry II, King of England
MotherEleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine

Eleanor of England (Spanish: Leonor; c. 1161[1] – 31 October 1214[2][3]), was Queen of Castile and Toledo[4] as wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile.[5][6] She was the sixth child and second daughter of Henry II, King of England, and Eleanor of Aquitaine.[7][8] She served as Regent of Castile during the minority of her son Henry I for 26 days between the death of her spouse and her own death in 1214.[9]


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  1. ^ Vann 1993, p. 128.
  2. ^ David Williamson (1986). Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain. Salem House. p. 53. ISBN 9780881622133.
  3. ^ Annales Compostellani
  4. ^ Fraser 2000.
  5. ^ Crónica Latina, Anales Toledanos
  6. ^ Cerda 2012.
  7. ^ José Manuel Cerda, The marriage of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Leonor Plantagenet: the first bond between Spain and England in the Middle Ages
  8. ^ Gillingham 2005.
  9. ^ "Leonor Plantagenet | Real Academia de la Historia".

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