Eleonore Plantagenet
Eleonore Plantagenet , actually Eleanor of England (Spanish Leonor de Castilla , French Aliénor d'Angleterre , Catalan Elionor d'Anglaterra ), Countess of Gascogne 1170 (* 1162 ; † in October 1214 ), daughter of King Henry II of England ( House Plantagenet ) and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine .
In 1165, Heinrich II. And Rainald von Dassel agreed on their engagement to the future Duke Friedrich V of Swabia , the then nine-month-old eldest son of Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa . After Frederick died around 1170, she was betrothed to King Alfonso VIII of Castile in 1170 , whom she married in 1176. The following children were from this marriage:
- Berenguela of Castile (1180–1246), Queen of Castile
- Sancho, Prince of Castile (1181)
- Sancha, Princess of Castile (1182–1184)
- Urraca of Castile (1186–1220) ∞ Alfonso II , King of Portugal .
- Blanca of Castile (1188–1252) ∞ Louis VIII , King of France
- Ferdinand, Prince of Castile (1189-1211)
- Mafalda, Princess of Castile (1191–1204)
- Heinrich, Prince of Castile (* 1192)
- Constanze of Castile (* 1196)
- Eleanor of Castile († 1244) ∞ James I , King of Aragon
- Henry I , King of Castile (1204–1217)
- Constanze of Castile († 1243), abbess of Las Huelgas
Alfons VIII and Eleanor died in the same year. They were buried in a double sarcophagus in the church of Las Huelgas Abbey .
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- ^ Tobias Weller: The marriage policy of the German high nobility in the 12th century. Cologne 2004, pp. 101-102.
- ↑ Weller p. 107.
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| SURNAME | Plantagenet, Eleanor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Plantagenêt, Aenor; Plantagenêt, Aliénor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Queen of Castile |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1162 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1214 |