Eleanor of Castile

American  

noun

1. 1241?–90, queen consort of Edward I of England 1274–90.

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Eleanor of Castile British  

/ ˈɛlɪnə-, -ˌnɔː /

noun

1. 1246–90, Spanish wife of Edward I of England. Eleanor Crosses were erected at each place at which her body rested between Nottingham, where she died, and London, where she is buried

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Eleanor of Castile

Edward I visited the site in 1283 and gave the estate to his wife, Eleanor of Castile, and the court of north Wales continued to be maintained until the first half of the 14th century.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2023

At Waltham is one of the many crosses erected by Edward I. in memory of his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, wherever her body rested on its way to Westminster from Lincoln.

From What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association by Gordon Home

Edward had by his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, four sons; but Edward, his heir and successor, was the only one that survived him.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. by David Hume

While Madame Potecki busied herself with some catalogue or other, the girl turned aside into a recess, to look at a cast of the effigy on the tomb of Queen Eleanor of Castile.

From Sunrise by William Black

Edward I, when his queen, Eleanor of Castile, died, put up many crosses in her memory, each one marking a spot where her body was set down during its journey to Westminster Abbey for burial.

From John and Betty's History Visit by Margaret Williamson

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