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Eleanor of Castile

American  

noun

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


Eleanor of Castile British  
/ -ˌnɔː, ˈɛlɪnə /

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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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

Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I., accompanies her husband on the Crusade, 204; death of, 214.

From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson

Torell modelled and cast the effigy of Henry III. for his tomb in Westminster Abbey, as well as three effigies of Eleanor of Castile, about A.D.

From English Painters with a chapter on American painters by Koehler, S. R.

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

From British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland by Murphy, Thomas Dowler

There the Cid was married; there he held prisoner Alfonso of Leon; there was Edward the First of England married to Eleanor of Castile; and there Pedro the Cruel first saw the light.

From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand

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