Person    | Female  Born 1241  Died 28/11/1290

Queen Eleanor of Castile

Categories: Royalty

Born to the King of Castile she was aged 13 when she married the future King of England, Edward I. It was a political, arranged marriage which seems to have been happy and successful as well, if 16 children is anything to go by.

Died at the village of Harby, Nottinghamshire. Eleanor's heart was buried in the Dominican priory at Blackfriars, along with that of her son Alphonso, though the monument was destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries. Her viscera (the soft internal organs) were buried in Lincoln Cathedral (near where she died). The rest of her took part in her funeral in Westminster Abbey where it was buried. See Thomas Hardy for others buried apart from their hearts.

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Queen Eleanor of Castile

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Charing Cross

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Queen Eleanor's Cross

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Princess Charlotte of Wales

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Charles X of France

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St Elizabeth of Hungary

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The Chase Royal Wedding street party

The Chase Royal Wedding street party

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