Eleanor of Castile, Cts de Ponthieu

1244 - 1290

• Name	Eleanor of Castile, Cts de Ponthieu
  Suffix	Cts de Ponthieu
  Born	1244	Castile, Spain
  Gender	Female
  Died	24 Nov 1290	Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
  Buried	Westminster Abbey, London, England
  Notes	Acceded: 19 AUG 1274 Westminster Abbey, London Daughter of King Ferdinand 111 of Castile died 1290. Eleanor was only about ten years old when married to the 15 year old Edward of Westminster at Las Huelgas in 1254. Such child marriages were commonplace in Europe in the Middle Ages and the brides were usually consigned to their husbands' families to complete ther education. The marriages were not consummated until the bride reached a suitable age (usually 14 or 15) and in Eleanor's case it seems to have been 18 or 19. GIVEN_NAMES: Also shown as Eleanor SUFFIX: Also shown as of Castile, Countess de Ponthieu DEATH: Also shown as Died Herdeby, Near Grantham, Lincolnshire.
  Person ID	I576	Western Pedigree 2007
  Last Modified	21 May 2007

  
  

  Father	Ferdinand (St.) III of Castile, King of Castile and Leon,   b. Aug 1201,   d. 30 May 1252, Seville, Spain
  Mother	Johanna of Ponthieu, Countess of Ponthieu,   b. 1208, Castile, Spain ,   d. 15 Mar 1279, Abbeville
  Married	1237	Burgos
  Family ID	F505	Group Sheet

  
  

  Father	Ferdinand Iii, King of Castile and Leon,   b. 1199,   d. 30 May 1252, Seville, Spain
  Mother	Johanna, Countess of Ponthieu,   b. 1197/1223,   d. 15 Mar 1278/1279, Abbeville, France
  Married	1237	Burgos, Castile, Spain
  Family ID	F42961	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet, King of England,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-on-the-Sands, near Carlisle, Northumberland, England
  Married	18 Oct 1254	Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Abbey of las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile.
  Children	> 1. Eleanor Plantagenet,   b. 17 Jun 1264, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England ,   d. 12 Oct 1297, Ghent, Flanders   2. Joan Plantagenet,   b. 1265,   d. 1265   3. John Plantagenet,   b. 10 Jul 1266, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England ,   d. 3 Aug 1271, Westminster London England   4. Henry Plantagenet,   b. 13 Jul 1267, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England ,   d. 14 Oct 1274, Merton, Surrey   5. Julian (Katherine) Plantagenet,   b. 1271, Acre, Palestine ,   d. 1271, Holy Land > 6. Joan Plantagenet,   b. 1272, Acre, Palestine ,   d. 23 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England   7. Alfonso Plantagenet, 8th Earl of Chester,   b. 24 Nov 1273, Bordeaux ,   d. 19 Aug 1284, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England > 8. Margaret Plantagenet,   b. 11 Sep 1275, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England ,   d. 1318, Brussels   9. Berengaria Plantagenet,   b. 1276, Kennington Palace, Surrey ,   d. 1279 > 10. Mary Plantagenet, Nun at Amesbury,   b. 11 Mar 1278, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England ,   d. 8 Jul 1332, Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire   11. Isabella Plantagenet,   b. 12 Mar 1279,   d. 1279   12. Alice Plantagenet,   b. 12 Mar 1279, Woodstock ,   d. 1291 > 13. Elizabeth (Isabel) Plantagenet, Princess,   b. 7 Aug 1282, Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarvon ,   d. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex > 14. Edward II Plantagenet, King of England,   b. 25 Apr 1284, Caernarvon Castle, Wales ,   d. 21 Sep 1327, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England   15. Beatrice Plantagenet,   b. 1286, Aquitaine ,   d. Young   16. Blanche Plantagenet,   b. 1290,   d. 1290
  Family ID	F501	Group Sheet