Queen of England Éléonore de Provence

1217 - 1291  (73 years)

• Name	Éléonore de Provence
  Title	Queen of England
  Birth	23 Dec 1217	Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
  Gender	Female
  Title of Nobility	From 1236 to 1272
  	Queen consort of England
  Occupation	From 1253 to 1254
  	Keeper of the Great Seal
  Writ+to+assign+dower	10 Oct 1273
  Religious Affiliation	7 Jul 1284	Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
  	Became a nun at Amesbury Abbey a Benedictine abbey of women founded by Queen Ælfthryth in about the year 979 on what may have been the site of an earlier monastery. The abbey was dissolved in 1177 by Henry II, who founded in its place a house of the Ord
  _FSFTID	9HD3-MC1
  Death	24 Jun 1291	Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
  Burial	25 Jun 1291	Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I19779	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Count of Forcalquier Raymond Berenger IV De Provence,   b. 23 Sep 1195, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France d. 19 Aug 1245, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Countess of Provence Beatrice de Savoie,   b. 1 Nov 1198, Chambéry, France d. 4 Jan 1267, Chambeire, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1219	Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France
  Family ID	F7965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	King of England Henry III,   b. 1 Oct 1207, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom d. 16 Nov 1272, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1236	Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
  Children	1. King of England Edward I,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom d. 7 Jul 1307, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom (Age 68 years)   2. Queen of Scotland Margaret of England,   b. 29 Sep 1240, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom d. 26 Feb 1275, Cupar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 34 years)   3. Countess of Richmond Béatrice of England,,   b. 25 Jun 1242, Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France d. 24 Mar 1275, London, Middlesex, England (Age 32 years)   4. 1st Earl of Lancaster Edmund,   b. 16 Jan 1245, London, Middlesex, England d. 5 Jun 1296, Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France (Age 51 years)   5. Katherine of England,   b. 25 Nov 1253, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. 3 May 1257, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F6912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Religious Affiliation - Became a nun at Amesbury Abbey a Benedictine abbey of women founded by Queen Ælfthryth in about the year 979 on what may have been the site of an earlier monastery. The abbey was dissolved in 1177 by Henry II, who founded in its place a house of the Ord - 7 Jul 1284 - Amesbury, Wiltshire, England  = Link to Google Earth