Leonor Fernández de Castilla
- Born: Abt 1244, Castille, España, Iberia
- Marriage: Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenêt King Of England on 18 Oct 1254 in Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile 160,529
- Died: 28 Nov 1290, Hardely, Lincolnshire, England about age 46 1078
- Buried: 16 Dec 1290, Westminster Abbey, London, England
 Another name for Leonor was Alianor de Castilla.
General Notes:
~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700,,1:27, 6:28, 7:29, 8:23, 8A:29, 9:29, 11:29, 15:29, Edward I, "Longshanks," King of England, son of Henry III & Eleanor of Provence, married as his first wife, Eleanor of Castile. Edward I and Eleanor were the parents of Elizabeth, who married first, John, Count of Holland, and second, Humphrey de Bohun VIII, fourth Earl of Hereford; and Joan, of Acre, who married Sir Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, Earl of Clare. 160
Information about this person:
• Background Information. 487
Infanta doña Leonor de Castilla y León (1240-Herdeby, Lincolnshire 29 Nov 1290, buried Westminster Abbey). This marriage was first proposed in 1253 in connection with settlement of the Spanish claim to Gascony, according to Matthew of Paris who refers to her as "sororem suam uterinani" in reference to "rex Hispaniæ" but does not give her name. She accompanied her husband on crusade 1270/72. Crowned Queen 19 Aug 1274 at Westminster Abbey. She succeeded her mother in 1279 as Comtessa de Ponthieu, in place of her nephew Jean de Ponthieu Comte d'Aumâle, as the closer direct relation. She married (Burgos 18 Oct 1254) as his first wife, Edward Earl of Chester, son of Henry III King of England & his wife Eléonore de Provence (Palace of Westminster 17/18 Jun 1239-Burgh-on-Sands, Cumberland 8 Jul 1307, bur Westminster Abbey).
• Web Reference: Queen Eleanor of Castile from MedievalQueens.com.
Leonor married Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenêt King Of England, son of Henry III Plantagenêt King Of England and Aliénor de Provence, on 18 Oct 1254 in Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile 160.,529 (Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenêt King Of England was born on 17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, England,160,195 died on 8 Jul 1307 in Burgh-By-Sands, Cumberland, England 160,529 and was buried in 1307 in Westminster Abbey, London, England 529.)
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