Eleonore (Plantagenet) of England (abt. 1269 - 1298)

Born about 18 Jun 1269 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Alfonso (Aragón) de Aragón — married 15 Aug 1290 (to 18 Jun 1291) in Westminster, Middlesex, England

Wife of Henri (Bar) de Bar — married 20 Sep 1293 in Bristol, England

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1298 at about age 29 in Ghent, Flanders, Holy Roman Empire

Biography

Eleanor (Plantagenet) of England is a member of the House of Plantagenet.

Eleanor, (18 June 1269 – 29 August 1298). Buried 12 October 1298. She was long betrothed to Alfonso III of Aragon, who died in 1291 before the marriage could take place, and in 1293 she married Count Henry III of Bar, by whom she had a son and a daughter: Edouard [Count of Bar] and Joan (or Jeanne) (wife of John de Warrene, Knt., Earl of Surrey). There was no daughter, Eleanor, who married Llewelyn ap Owain Lord of South Wales. This daughter is utterly fictitious.

What evidence exists for her early years suggests that while her parents were absent on Crusade between 1270 and 1274, she became very close to her paternal grandmother, Eleanor of Provence, with whom she continued to spend a good deal of time. She was also close to her sickly brother Henry. On one Pentecost Eve, Henry and Eleanor were given two partridges for their dinner, for a special treat.[4]

For a long period Eleanor was betrothed to King Alfonso III of Aragon.[5] Alfonso's parents were under papal interdict, however, because of their claims to the throne of Sicily, which were contrary to the papal donation of the Sicilian throne to Charles I of Naples, and despite the Aragonese ruler's repeated pleas that Edward I send his daughter to them for marriage, Edward refused to send her as long as the interdict remained in place. In 1282 he declined one such request by saying that his wife and mother felt the girl, who had just turned 13, was too young to be married, and that they wanted to wait another two years before sending her to Aragon. Alfonso died before the marriage could take place.

Eleanor, died at Ghent 29 August 1298, and was buried at Westminster or in the Chapter House.

Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar

b. 4 May 1306 at Winchester, Hampshire, England.

d.1311 Amesbury Abbey, Amesbury, Wiltshire

bur. Beaulieu Abbey, Beaulieu, Hampshire / Westminster Abbey

Parents

Edward I 'Longshanks', King of England and Marguerite de France.

Marriage

Although Eleanor and Alphonso III of Aragon were betrothed, Alphonso died before ever meeting or marrying Eleanor (Wikipedia: Alfonso III of Aragon). She married at Bristol 20 Sept. 1293 HENRI III, Knt., Count of Bar, seigneur of Torcy in Brie, son and heir of Thibaut II, Count of Bar, by his 2nd wife, Jeanne, daughter of Jean, seigneur of Toucy. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Royal Ancestry, Douglas Richardson, publ. 2013, Vol. I p. 69

See also:

• Wikipedia: Eleanor of England
• [/thepeerage.com]