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Queen Eleanor of Castile

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Queen Eleanor of Castile

Person  Female  Born 1241  Died 28/11/1290

Categories: Royalty

Born to the King of Castile she was aged 13 when she married the future King of England, Edward I. It was a political, arranged marriage which seems to have been happy and successful as well, if 16 children is anything to go by.

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Queen Eleanor of Castile

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Charing Cross

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Queen Eleanor's Cross

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