In 1206, her brother John granted her safe passage to visit him, perhaps to try opening peace negotiations. Her husband went so far on this claim as to invade Gascony in her name in 1205. At most, Gascony may have been pledged as security for the full payment of his daughter's dowry. It is highly unlikely that Henry II would have parted with so significant a portion of his domains.
Īround 1200, Alfonso began to claim that the duchy of Gascony was part of Eleanor's dowry, but there is no documented foundation for that claim.
In 1177, this led to Henry overseeing arbitration of the border dispute. Her parents' purpose in arranging the marriage was to secure Aquitaine's Pyrenean border, while Alfonso sought an ally in his struggles with Sancho VI of Navarre. In 1170 Eleanor married King Alfonso VIII of Castile in Burgos at the age of 9. The betrothal of Alfonso VIII of Castille and Eleanor of England. Eleanor had an older brother, William (17 August 1153 – April 1156), the first son of Henry II, and Eleanor of Aquitaine, who died of a seizure at Wallingford Castle, and was buried in Reading Abbey at the feet of his great-grandfather Henry I. Her full siblings were Henry the Young King, Duchess Matilda of Saxony, King Richard I, Duke Geoffrey II of Brittany, Queen Joan of Sicily and King John.
Her half-siblings were Countess Marie of Champagne and Countess Alix of Blois. 1161, as the second daughter of King Henry II of England and his wife Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, and was baptised by Henry of Marcy. Early life and family Įleanor was born in the castle at Domfront, Normandy c. She served as Regent of Castile during the minority of her son Henry I between the death of her spouse until her own death in 1214. She was the sixth child and second daughter of Henry II, King of England, and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
1161 – 31 October 1214 ), was Queen of Castile and Toledo as wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile.
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