See Also: Eleanor of Castile(encyclopedia)
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Castile(dictionary)
Castile soap(medicine)
Castile-Leon(encyclopedia)
Castile-La Mancha(encyclopedia)
Castile (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Gibson, Eleanor J(ack)(encyclopedia)
Roosevelt, Eleanor(dictionary)
Eleanor of Aquitaine(encyclopedia)

Eleanor of Castile (sh)




born 1246
died Nov. 28, 1290, Harby, Nottinghamshire, Eng.

Queen consort of Edward I of England.

Daughter of the king of Castile, she brought Edward title to Gascony on their marriage in 1254, and she was sent to France for safety during the baronial rebellion (1264-65). She joined Edward on a crusade to the Holy Land (1270-73), and legend says she saved his life by sucking poison from a dagger wound. On her death, Edward erected Eleanor Crosses at each place where her coffin rested en route to London.