Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke

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Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke, was a 13th-century English princess and noblewoman who, through her influential marriage to William Marshal the Younger, became a prominent figure in the politics and aristocracy of the Angevin realm.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Countess of Pembroke
English princess
Plantagenet princess
medieval noblewoman
aristocraticRank countess
birthPlace Gloucester, England
burialPlace Montargis Abbey
child Amaury de Montfort
Eleanor de Montfort
Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola
Henry de Montfort
Richard de Montfort
Simon de Montfort the Younger
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
court royal court of Henry III of England
deathPlace Montargis Abbey
father John, King of England
floruit 13th century
givenName Eleanor
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
Latin
maritalStatus widow of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
widow of William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
mother Isabella of Angoulême
Isabella, Countess of Angoulême
nobleFamily House of Plantagenet
notableFor connection to the leadership of the baronial opposition in England
dynastic alliances between Plantagenet and Marshal families
role in Angevin and English politics
notableWork support of Simon de Montfort’s baronial movement
participatedIn Second Barons' War
positionHeld Countess of Leicester
Countess of Pembroke
relative Eleanor of Aquitaine
Henry II of England
Louis IX of France
religion Roman Catholicism
residence England
France
sexOrGender female
sibling Henry III of England
Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland
Richard of Cornwall
spouse Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
title Lady of Montargis


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