Eleanor of Provence Berenger^[1]

1217 - 1291  (74 years)

• Name	Eleanor of Provence Berenger
  Birth	1217	Aix-en-Provence, France
  Gender	Female
  Acceded	20 Jan 1236	Westminster Abbey, London, England
  _FSFTID	LC18-J2C
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LC18-J2C
  Death	24 Jan 1291	Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire
  Burial	Convent Church, Amesbury
  Notes	After King Henry died she tooks the veil at Amesbury. The Complete Peerage vol.IV,p.320-321,note c. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01282 Was not popular in England, partly because of her arrogance but chiefly because the favors shown by the king to her relatives from abroad were a serious financial drain on the country. In July 1276, two years after Henry's death, she became a nun at Amesbury. Had great influence over her husband and the life-long affection of her eldest son Edward I. (Encyclopedia Americana).
  Person ID	I2561	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Raymond V of Provence Berenger, 4th Count of Provence,   b. 1198   d. 19 Aug 1245 (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Beatrice de Savoie,   b. 1198   d. 1266 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1219
  Family ID	F3453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry III Plantagenet, King of England,   b. 1 Oct 1207, Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England d. 16 Nov 1272, Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1236	Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
  Alt. Marriage	14 Jan 1236
  	Alt. Marriage
  	Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England
  Children	1. Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet, King of England,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster Palace, London, England d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-On-The-Sands, Near Carlisle, Cumberland, England (Age 68 years)   2. Margaret Plantagenet,   b. 29 Sep 1240, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. 26 Feb 1275, Cupar Castle, Fife, Scotland (Age 34 years)   3. Beatrice Plantagenet, Duchess of Brittany,   b. 25 Jun 1242, Bordeaux, Gascony d. 24 Mar 1275, London, Greater London, England (Age 32 years)   4. Edmund Crounchback Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Lancaster,   b. 16 Jan 1245, London, Greater London, England d. 5 Jun 1296, Bayonne, Pyr Atlantiques, France (Age 51 years)   5. Richard Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1247   d. Bef 1256 (Age ~ 8 years)   6. John Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1250, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. Bef 1256 (Age ~ 5 years)   7. William Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1252   d. Abt 1256 (Age ~ 4 years)   8. Catherine (Katherine) a Mute Plantagenet,   b. 25 Nov 1253, Westminster Palace, London, England d. 3 May 1257, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England (Age 3 years)   9. Henry Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1256   d. Abt 1257 (Age ~ 1 years)
  Family ID	F440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

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• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).