Eleanor of England, Eleanor of Leicester

Born 1215 at Winchester, Hampshire, England
Died April 13, 1275 at the convent of the sisters of St Dominic, near Montargis (Abbey of Fontevrault)
Buried: Abbey of Fontevrault

Notes:
Youngest child of King John of England and Isabella, sister of King Henry III of England.
Born a year before her father died and never met him.
Married at age 9 to William Marshal (the younger, age 34). When he died seven years later, she was 16, had no children and took a vow of chastity, witnessed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Eleanor had been deeply in love with William and spent a great deal of time with him. They had consummated their marriage only a year or so before his death. He had arranged and attended the marriage of his sister Isabel to Richard of Cornwall on March 30, then on April 6 he was dead, days before their seventh anniversary. Eleanor vowed to remain chaste.
Seven years later she married Simon de Montfort, who had gone to Rome to seek papal approval...after the fact.
Simon was killed at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. Eleanor fled to France where she became a nun at Montargis Abbey. Simon's sister Amicia was there as Abbess.

Married 1)

William Marshal II on April 23, 1224

No children.

Married 2)

Simon de Montfort in 1238

Children of Simon and Eleanor:

Siblings of Eleanor:

Henry III of England, Richard of Cornwall, Joan of England, Isabella of England

Half-siblings from mother's second marriage to Hugh X de Lusignan:

Alice of Lusignan, William de Valence, Agnes Agathe de Lusignan, Isabelle de Lusignan, Hugh XI d'Angouleme, de Lusignan, Aymer de Valance, Guy de Lusignan, Marguerite de Lusignan, Geoffori de Lusignan

      Geoffrey of Anjou
    Henry II of England Empress Matilda
      William X of Aquitaine
  John of England Eleanor of Aquitaine Aenor de Chatellerault
Eleanor of England      
  Isabella d'Angouleme de Taillefer Aymer de Taillefer Guillaume de Taillefer IV
      Emma de Limoges
    Alice de Courtenay Pierre Capet of France
      Isabelle de Courtenay


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