On This Day In History . 31 October 1214 . Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile died . . . About Eleanor; . ◼ Eleanor of England was Queen of Castile & Toledo as wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile. She was the sixth child and second daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and received her first name as a namesake of her mother. . ◼ Eleanor was born in the castle at Domfront, Normandy on 13 October 1161. . ◼ 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 and died (31 October 1214) only twenty-eight days after her husband, and was buried at Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas. . ◼ Eleanor was praised for her beauty and regal nature by the poet Ramón Vidal de Besalú after her death. Her great-grandson Alfonso X referred to her as "noble and much loved". . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1214 #EleanorofEngland #QueenofCastile #HouseofPlantagenet #Plantagenets #HouseofIvrea #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D31oct https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpm5N0MlDK1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s900shp3en04
