On This Day In History . 13 October 1162 . 👑 Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile was born . ◼ Eleanor was born in the castle at Domfront, Normandy on 13 October 1161, & was baptised by Henry of Marcy. . ◼ Eleanor of England was Queen of Castile & Toledo as wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile. . ▪️ She was the sixth child & second daughter of Henry II of England & Eleanor of Aquitaine & received her first name as a namesake of her mother. . ◼ When she was 15 years old, before 17 September 1177, Eleanor was married to King Alfonso VIII of Castile in Burgos. . ▪ They had 11 children, three dying in infancy. . ◼ When Alfonso died, Eleanor was reportedly so devastated with grief that she was unable to preside over the burial. Their eldest daughter Berengaria instead performed these honours. Eleanor then took sick & died (31 October 1214) only twenty-eight days after her husband, & was buried at Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas. . ◼ Eleanor was praised for her beauty & regal nature by the poet Ramón Vidal de Besalú after her death. Her great-grandson Alfonso X referred to her as “noble & much loved”. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #otd #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1162 #EleanorofEngland #QueenofCastile #RoyalFamily #Monarchy #MedievalHistory #medieval #Plantagenet #EnglishHistory #Normandy #domfront #Heritage #hermajesty #HenryII #HouseofPlantagenet #Plantagenets #HouseofIvrea #History #Royalty #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D13Oct (at Normandy, Surrey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGS9c_VD6gc/?igshid=1d3it50umw8rr
