Princess, Queen Eleanor of CASTILE

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"Eleanor received her education from the Dominican friars who were fixtures at the Castilian court in her early years, and with whose order she would have a lifelong association. Castile was a cosmopolitan royal court, with a strong literary atmosphere, and Eleanor later showed an ease with, and interest in, historical writing and classical works . . . The terms of the Anglo-Castilian treaty agreed upon in March 1254 were that Edward of England was to be knighted by Alfonso X, marry Eleanor, raise the amount of her dower, and help to impose Castilian supremacy over Navarre . . . The royal wedding took place on 1 November at the monastery of Las Huelgas near Burgos, the chief religious site for the Castilian royal family ."

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Castile was a territory in north central Spain. Burgos is in northern Castile.

From Wikipedia:

"Eleanor of Castile died on 28 November 1290. Uncommon for such marriages of the period, the couple loved each other. Moreover like his father, Edward was very devoted to his queen and was faithful to her throughout their married lives -- a rarity among monarchs of the time. He was deeply affected by her death. He displayed his grief by erecting twelve so-called Eleanor crosses, one at each place where her funeral cort

Eleanor married Edward PLANTAGENET, I 1 Nov 1254, Monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Spain. Edward (son of Henry PLANTAGENET, III and Eleanor of PROVENCE) was born 17 Jun 1239, Westminster, England; died 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-on-the-Sands, near Carlisle, Scotland; was buried , Westminster, England. [Group Sheet]

1. Joan of ACRE was born 1272; died 10 May 1305.

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Kingdom of Castile was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. Castile was located in north central Spain.

Ferdinand — Jeanne de DAMMARTIN. Jeanne was born 1216; died 1279. [Group Sheet]