Individual Details
Eleanor Plantagenet Queen of Castile
(13 Oct 1162 - 31 Oct 1214)
Events
| Birth | 13 Oct 1162 | Domfront Castle, Normandie, France | |||
| Marriage | 17 Sep 1177 | Burgos, Provincia de Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain - Alphonso VIII "the Noble" de Castilla y Aragon King of Castile and Aragon |  | ||
| Death | 31 Oct 1214 | Burgos, Provincia de Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain | |||
| Burial | Las Huelgas Abbey in Burgos |
Families
| Father | Henry 2nd "Curtmantle" Plantagenet King of England (1133 - 1189) |
| Mother | Eleanore d'Aquitaine Queen of France and England ( - ) |
| Sibling | Matilda Plantagenet Princess of England & Duchess of Saxony And Bavaria (1156 - 1189) |
| Sibling | King of England Richard 1st "The Lion-Hearted" Plantagenet (1157 - ) |
| Sibling | John "Lackland" Plantagenet King of England (1166 - 1216) |
Notes
Marriage
When she was 14 years old, before 17 September 1177, she was married to King Alfonso VIII of Castile in Burgos. The marriage was arranged to secure the Pyreneean border, with Gascony offered as her dowry.Of all Eleanor of Aquitaine's daughters, her namesake Eleanor best inherited her mother's political influence. She was almost as powerful as her husband, who specified in his will that she was to rule alongside their son in the event of his death. It was she who persuaded him to marry their daughter Berengaria to the King of Leon in the interest of peace.
When Alfonso died, his Queen was reportedly so devastated with grief that she was unable to preside over the burial. Their eldest daughter, Berengaria, instead performed these honours. Eleanor then took sick and died only twenty-eight days after her husband, and was buried at Las Huelgas Abbey in Burgos.