Leonor was born the 2 February 1425 in Olite, Navarra. She was the third and youngest child of King Juan II of Aragon and Queen Blanca I of Navarre.
She married Gaston IV, Count of Foix, in 1441. In 1442, Eleanor moved with her spouse to Bearn.
She had with Gaston IV, count of Foix, the following children with him:
In 1455, her father deposed her brother and her sister as heirs of Navarre and proclaimed Eleanor as the heir and the regent and general governor of Navarre. In her new capacities, she moved to Sangüesa. She continued as regent after the death of her brother in 1461. In 1462, she signed the Treaty of Olite, in which she recognized her father as the monarch of Navarre and accepted to have her sister Blanche imprisoned under her care.
She died the 12 February 1479 in Tuleda, Navarra.
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