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• Roepnaam Eleanor of england, Queen of Castile, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
• Zij is geboren op 13 oktober 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
• Zij is overleden op 31 oktober 1214 in Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain, zij was toen 52 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Henry (Henry II) "King of England Curtmantle FitzEmpress" House of Plantagenet en Eleanor of Aquitaine House of Poitiers

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Zij had een relatie met King Alfonso VIII "the Noble" "the one of the Navas" King of Castile (1158-1214) King of Toledo of Castile, House Bourgogne.

Kind(eren):

1. Berengaria Queen Regnant Castile & Queen Consort Infanta of Castile de Castilla  1180-1246 
2. Queen Blanche Alonsez Of France of Castile  
3. Urraca Alonsez of Castile  

Notities over Queen Eleanor of england of Castile daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (Eleanor of england, Queen of Castile, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine) House of Plantagenet Queen of Castile, born Princess of England

Eleanor of England (Spanish: Leonor; 13 October 1161^[1] – 31 October 1214^[2]), or Eleanor Plantaganet,^[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]

 

Contents

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• 1Early life and family
• 2Queenship
• 3Children
• 4Later Depictions
• 5Ancestors
• 6Notes
• 7References
• 8Sources
• 9External links

 

Early life and family[edit]

Eleanor was born in the castle at Domfront, Normandy on 13 October 1162,^[9] as the second daughter of Henry II, King of Englandand his wife Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine,^[3] and was baptised by Henry of Marcy. Her half-siblings were Countess Marie and Countess Alix, and her full siblings were Henry the Young, Duchess Matilda, King Richard, Duke Geoffrey, Queen Joan and King John.

Queenship[edit]

 

The betrothal of Alfonso VIII of Castille and Eleanor of England.

In 1174, when she was 12 years old, Eleanor married King Alfonso VIII of Castile in Burgos.^[10][11] The couple had been betrothed in 1170, but due to the bride's youth as well as the uproar in Europe regarding her father's suspected involvement in the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket, the wedding was delayed. Her parents' purpose in arranging the marriage was to secure Aquitaine’s Pyrenean border, while Alfonso was seeking an ally in his struggles with Sancho VI of Navarre. In 1177, this led to Henry overseeing arbitration of the border dispute.^[12]

Around the year 1200, Alfonso began to claim that the duchy of Gascony was part of Eleanor's dowry, but there is no documented foundation for that claim. It is highly unlikely that Henry II would have parted with so significant a portion of his domains. At most, Gascony may have been pledged as security for the full payment of his daughter’s dowry. Her husband went so far on this claim as to invade Gascony in her name in 1205. In 1206, her brother John granted her safe passage to visit him, perhaps to try opening peace negotiations. In 1208, Alfonso yielded on the claim.^[13] Decades later, their great-grandson Alfonso X of Castile would claim the duchy on the grounds that her dowry had never been fully paid.

Of all Eleanor of Aquitaine’s daughters, her namesake was the only one who was enabled, by political circumstances, to wield the kind of influence her mother had exercised.^[14] In her own marriage treaty, and in the first marriage treaty for her daughter Berengaria, Eleanor was given direct control of many lands, towns, and castles throughout the kingdom.^[15] She was almost as powerful as Alfonso, who specified in his will in 1204 that she was to rule alongside their son in the event of his death, including taking responsibility for paying his debts and executing his will.^[16] It was she who persuaded him to marry their daughter Berengaria to Alfonso IX of León. Troubadours and sages were regularly present in Alfonso VIII’s court due to Eleanor’s patronage.^[17]

Eleanor took particular interest in supporting religious institutions. In 1179, she took responsibility to support and maintain a shrine to St. Thomas Becket in the cathedral of Toledo. She also created and supported the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, which served as a refuge and tomb for her family for generations, and its affiliated hospital.^[18]

When Alfonso died, Eleanor was reportedly so devastated with grief that she was unable to preside over the burial. Their eldest daughter Berengaria instead performed these honours. Eleanor then took sick and died only twenty-eight days after her husband, and was buried at Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas.^[19]

Children[edit]

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Berengaria	Burgos, 1 January/ June 1180	Las Huelgasnear Burgos, 8 November 1246	Married firstly in Seligenstadt on 23 April 1188 with Duke Conrad II of Swabia, but the union (only by contract and never solemnized) was later annulled. Married in Valladolid between 1/16 December 1197 with King Alfonso IX of León as his second wife.[20] After their marriage was dissolved on grounds of consanguinity in 1204, she returned to her homeland and became regent of her minor brother King Henry I. Queen of Castile in her own right after the death of Henry I in 1217, quickly abdicated in favour of her son Ferdinand III of Castile who would re-unite the kingdoms of Castile and León.
Sancho	Burgos, 5 April 1181	26 July 1181	Robert of Torigny records the birth "circa Pascha" in 1181 of "filium Sancius" to "Alienor filia regis Anglorum uxor Anfulsi regis de Castella".[21] “Aldefonsus...Rex Castellæ et Toleti...cum uxore mea Alienor Regina et cum filio meo Rege Sancio” donated property to the bishop of Segovia by charter dated 31 May 1181.[22] “Adefonsus...Rex Castellæ et Toleti...cum uxore mea Alienor Regina et cum filio meo Rege Sancio” donated property to the monastery of Rocamador by charter dated 13 Julu 1181.[23]
Sancha	20/28 March 1182	3 February 1184/ 16 October 1185	King Alfonso VIII "cum uxore mea Alionor regina et cum filiabus meis Berengaria et Sancia Infantissis" exchanged property with the Templars by charter dated 26 January 1183.[24]
Henry	before July 1182	before January 1184	The dating clause of a charter dated July 1182 records “regnante el Rey D. Alfonso...con su mugier Doña Lionor, con su fijo D. Anric”.[25]The dating of the document in which his sister Sancha is named suggests that they may have been twins.
Ferdinand	before January 1184	Died young, ca. 1184?	The dating clause of a charter dated January 1184 (“V Kal Feb Era 1222”) records “regnante rege Alfonso cum uxore sua regina Eleonor et filio suo Fernando”.[26]
Urraca	1186/ 28 May 1187	Coimbra, 3 November 1220	Married in 1206 to Infante dom Afonso of Portugal, who succeeded his father as King Afonso II on 26 March 1212.
Blanche	Palencia, 4 March 1188	Paris, 27 November 1252	Married on 23 May 1200 to Prince Louis of France, who succeeded his father as King Louis VIII on 14 July 1223. Crowned Queen at Saint-Denis with her husband on 6 August 1223. Regent of the Kingdom of France during 1226-1234 (minority of her son) and during 1248-1252 (absence of her son on Crusade).
Ferdinand	Cuenca, 29 September 1189	Madrid, 14 October 1211	Heir of the throne since his birth. On whose behalf Diego of Acebo and the future Saint Dominic travelled to Denmark in 1203 to secure a bride.[27] Ferdinand was returning through the San Vicente mountains from a campaign against the Muslims when he contracted a fever and died.[28]
Mafalda	Plasencia, 1191	Salamanca, 1211	Szabolcs de Vajay says that she “died at the point of becoming the fiancée of the Infante Fernando of León” (without citing the primary source on which this information is based) and refers to her burial at Salamanca Cathedral.[29] Betrothed in 1204 to Infante Ferdinand of Leon, eldest son of Alfonso IX and stepson of her oldest sister.
Eleanor	1200[30]	Las Huelgas, 1244	Married on 6 February 1221 with King James I of Aragon. They became separated on April 1229 on grounds of consanguinity.
Constance	c. 1202[30]	Las Huelgas, 1243	A nun at the Cistercian monastery of Santa María la Real at Las Huelgas in 1217, she became known as the Lady of Las Huelgas, a title shared with later royal family members who joined the community.[30]
Henry	Valladolid, 14 April 1204	Palencia, 6 June 1217	Only surviving son, he succeeded his father in 1214 aged ten under the regency firstly of his mother and later his oldest sister. He was killed when he was struck by a tile falling from a roof.

Later Depictions[edit]

Eleanor was praised for her beauty and regal nature by the poet Ramón Vidal de Besalú after her death.^[31] Her great-grandson Alfonso X referred to her as "noble and much loved".^[32]

Eleanor was played by Ida Norden in the silent film The Jewess of Toledo.^[33]

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