Eleanor of Castile

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Eleanor of Castile was a 13th-century Castilian princess who became queen consort of England as the first wife of King Edward I and is remembered for her political influence, extensive landholdings, and the commemorative Eleanor Crosses erected after her death.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Eleanor of Castile canonical 38
Queen Eleanor of Castile 2
Queen Eleanor 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 13th-century English person ⓘ
13th-century Spanish person ⓘ
Castilian princess ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
medieval noblewoman ⓘ
queen consort of England ⓘ
associatedWith Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross ⓘ
Eleanor Cross at Geddington ⓘ
Eleanor Cross at Hardingstone ⓘ
Eleanor Crosses funeral route monuments ⓘ
birthDate 1241 ⓘ
birthPlace Castile ⓘ
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
child Alphonso, Earl of Chester ⓘ
Edward II of England ⓘ
Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar ⓘ
surface form: Eleanor, Countess of Bar

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan ⓘ
Joan of Acre ⓘ
Margaret of England, Duchess of Brabant ⓘ
Mary of Woodstock ⓘ
commemoratedBy series of stone crosses along her funeral route ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Castile ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Castile
deathDate 1290-11-28 ⓘ
deathPlace Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
father Ferdinand III of Castile ⓘ
fullName Eleanor of Castile self-link ⓘ
influenced royal land policy in late 13th-century England ⓘ
knownFor Eleanor Crosses erected after her death ⓘ
extensive landholdings in England and Wales ⓘ
participation in the Ninth Crusade journey with Edward ⓘ
political influence in England ⓘ
language Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Norman French

Old Spanish ⓘ
marriageDate 1254-10-18 ⓘ
marriagePlace Burgos ⓘ
surface form: Burgos, Castile
monarchDuringTenure Edward I of England ⓘ
mother Joan of Ponthieu ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Ivrea ⓘ
positionHeld Queen consort of England ⓘ
reignEnd 1290 ⓘ
reignStart 1272 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Castile ⓘ
English royal court ⓘ
spouse Edward I of England ⓘ
spouseTitle Edward I of England ⓘ
surface form: King Edward I of England
successorAsQueenConsort Margaret of France, Queen of England ⓘ
title Countess of Ponthieu ⓘ
Queen of England ⓘ

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Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward I of England → spouse → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Edward II of England → mother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Alphonso, Earl of Chester → mother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Alphonso, Earl of Chester → childOfMonarch → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Joan of Acre → mother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan → mother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Eleanor of Castile → fullName → Eleanor of Castile self-link ⓘ
Margaret of France → predecessorAsQueenConsort → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Longshanks → spouse → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Edward I's son Edward of Caernarfon → mother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward of Caernarfon
Elizabeth de Clare → grandmother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Eleanor of Woodstock → paternalGrandmother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Sandys → notableWork → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederic Sandys
this entity surface form: Queen Eleanor
Mary of Lancaster → relative → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Queen of Castile → positionHeldBy → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Eleanor, daughter of Edward I → mother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Prince Edward → spouse → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward I of England
Waltham Cross → namedAfter → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Edwardian court → hasMember → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Countess of Hereford → mother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth of Rhuddlan
Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England → spouse → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
subject surface form: King Edward I of England
this entity surface form: Queen Eleanor of Castile
Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross → commemorates → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross → dedicatedTo → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross → namedAfter → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Eleanor Cross at Geddington → dedicatedTo → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Eleanor Cross at Hardingstone → dedicatedTo → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Eleanor Cross at Hardingstone → associatedWith → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen Eleanor of Castile
Edward I, Count of Bar → grandmother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Countess of Holland → mother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth of Rhuddlan
Edward de Bohun → maternalGrandmother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Mary de Monthermer → grandmother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Margaret of England → mother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
Edward of Caernarfon → mother → Eleanor of Castile ⓘ