Sherren Family Tree » Eleanor "Fair Maid of Brittany" (Eleanor "Fair Maid of Brittany") PLANTAGENET (Countess of Richmond) (± 1184-1241)
Personal data Eleanor "Fair Maid of Brittany" (Eleanor "Fair Maid of Brittany") PLANTAGENET (Countess of Richmond)
- First name Eleanor "Fair Maid of Brittany".
- She was born about 1184 in Thouars, Poitou-Charentes, Kingdom of FRANCE.Source 1
- (Royal Coat of Arms) in the year 1182: "Plantagenet".
- She died on August 12, 1241 in Bristol (Corfe) Castle, Dorset, Kingdom of ENGLAND.Sources 1, 2
Eleanor never married and died as a nun.
- She is buried in the year 1241 in Wiltshire, Kingdom of ENGLAND.Source 2
She was initially buried at St James' Priory, Bristol, then reburied at Amesbury Abbey, according to her wishes, announced by Henry III. There is no memorial for her remains.
- A child of Geoffrey II PLANTAGENET and (DUCHESS) Constance "of Penthièvre"
Household of Eleanor "Fair Maid of Brittany" (Eleanor "Fair Maid of Brittany") PLANTAGENET (Countess of Richmond)
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Sources
- GenealogieOnline Trees Index, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
- www.findagrave.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
Historical events
Day of death August 12, 1241
- Graaf Willem II (Hollands Huis) was from 1234 till 1256 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
Same birth/death day
- 1222 » Vladislaus III, duke of Bohemia
- 1295 » Charles Martel, king of Hungary (b. 1271)
- 1315 » Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman
- 1319 » Rudolf I, duke of Bavaria (b. 1274)
- 1335 » Prince Moriyoshi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1308)
- 1399 » Demetrius I Starshy, Prince of Trubczewsk (in battle) (b. 1327)
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Derk Sherren, "Sherren Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/sherren-family-tree/I210123765331.php : accessed May 3, 2025), "Eleanor "Fair Maid of Brittany" (Eleanor "Fair Maid of Brittany") PLANTAGENET (Countess of Richmond) (± 1184-1241)".