Queen Eleanor PLANTAGENET

1162 - 1214  (52 years)

• Name	Eleanor PLANTAGENET
  Prefix	Queen
  Born	13 Oct 1162	Palais, Calvados, France
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Queen of Castille
  Died	25 Oct 1214	Las Huelgas, Spain
  Buried	Plaza Compás, Burgos, Spain
  Person ID	I40415	Main
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	King Henry PLANTAGENET, II,   b. 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Maine, Normandy [France] ,   d. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Queen Eleanor AQUITAINE,   b. Bef 1122, Chateau De Belen, Bordeau, Acquitaine, France ,   d. 31 Mar 1204, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France  (Age > 82 years)
  Married	11 May 1152	Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
  Family ID	F28020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	King Alfonso DE CASTILLA, VIII,   b. 11 Nov 1155, Castile, Spain ,   d. 22 Sep 1214, Huelgas, Burgos, Spain  (Age 58 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1177	Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain
  Children	+ 1. Queen Blanche ALPHONSA,   b. 23 May 1188, Palencia, Spain ,   d. 27 Nov 1252, Paris, Seine, France  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2017
  Family ID	F28359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - Plaza Compás, Burgos, Spain  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Notes

  She was born in the castle at Domfront, Normandy on 13 October 1162, and was baptised by Henry of Marcy. Her half-siblings were Marie and Alix of France, and her full siblings were Henry the Young, Duchess Matilda, King Richard, Duke Geoffrey, Queen Joan and King John. —— When she was 12 years old, in 1174, Eleanor was married to King Alfonso VIII of Castile in Burgos. The marriage had been arranged with a betrothal in 1170 but, because of Eleanor’s youth at the time, and the uproar in Europe six months later of Archbishop Thomas Becket's murder implicating her father, 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 his uncle, Sancho VI of Navarre. In 1177, this led to Henry overseeing arbitration of the border dispute. —— The couple had 11 children. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_England,_Queen_of_Castile.