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Leonor de Provenza
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Reina consorte de Inglaterra
Tenencia 14 de enero de 1236 - 16 de noviembre de 1272
Coronación 20 de enero de 1236
Nacido C. 1223
Aix-en-Provence
Murió 24/25 de junio de 1291
Amesbury , Wiltshire
Entierro Priorato de Amesbury
Esposa Enrique III de Inglaterra
Problema Eduardo I, rey de Inglaterra
Margarita, reina de Escocia
Beatriz de Inglaterra
Edmund, conde de Lancaster
Katherine de Inglaterra
Casa Barcelona
Padre Ramon Berenguer IV, conde de Provenza
Madre Beatriz de Saboya
Leonor de Provenza (c. 1223 - 24/25 de junio de 1291 [1] ) fue reina consorte de Inglaterra , como esposa del rey Enrique III de Inglaterra , desde 1236 hasta su muerte en 1272. Sirvió como regente de Inglaterra durante la ausencia. de su cónyuge en 1253. [2]
Aunque estaba completamente dedicada a su esposo y lo defendía firmemente contra el rebelde Simon de Montfort, sexto conde de Leicester , los londinenses la odiaban mucho. Esto se debía a que ella había traído a muchos parientes con ella a Inglaterra en su séquito; Estos fueron conocidos como "los Saboya", y se les dio posiciones influyentes en el gobierno y el reino. En una ocasión, la barcaza de Eleanor fue atacada por ciudadanos enojados que la arrojaron con piedras, barro, adoquines, huevos podridos y verduras.
Eleanor tuvo al menos cinco hijos, incluido el futuro rey Eduardo I de Inglaterra . También fue reconocida por su inteligencia, habilidad para escribir poesía y como líder de la moda.
Contenido
1 vida temprana
2 reina
2.1 Ipopularidad
3 reina viuda
4 legado cultural
5 Issue
6 ascendencia
7 referencias
Vida temprana
Nacida en Aix-en-Provence , fue la segunda hija de Ramon Berenguer IV, conde de Provenza (1198–1245) y Beatriz de Saboya (1198–1267), la hija de Thomas I de Saboya y su esposa Margarita de Ginebra . Fue bien educada cuando era niña y desarrolló un fuerte amor por la lectura. Sus tres hermanas también se casaron con reyes. [3] Después de que su hermana mayor, Margarita, se casara con Luis IX de Francia , su tío William se correspondía con Enrique III de Inglaterra.para convencerlo de que se case con Eleanor. Henry buscó una dote de hasta veinte mil marcas de plata para ayudar a compensar la dote que acababa de pagar por su hermana Isabella , pero el padre de Eleanor pudo negociar esto sin dote, solo una promesa de dejarla diez mil cuando murió.
Al igual que su madre, su abuela y sus hermanas, Eleanor era famosa por su belleza. Era una morena de cabello oscuro con ojos finos. [4] Piers Langtoft habla de ella como "La hija del erle, la más bella de la vida". [5] El 22 de junio de 1235, Eleanor se comprometió con el rey Enrique III (1207-1272). [1] Eleanor probablemente nació más reciente en 1223; Matthew Paris la describe como " jamque duodennem " (ya tiene doce años) cuando llegó al Reino de Inglaterra para casarse.
Reina
Eleanor (izquierda) y Henry III, representados por Matthew Paris en la década de 1250
Eleanor se casó con el rey Enrique III de Inglaterra el 14 de enero de 1236. [6] Nunca lo había visto antes de la boda en la Catedral de Canterbury y nunca había puesto un pie en su reino. [7] Edmund Rich , Arzobispo de Canterbury, ofició. Estaba vestida con un brillante vestido dorado que le quedaba bien ceñido a la cintura y se ensanchaba con amplios pliegues a sus pies. Las mangas eran largas y forradas de armiño. [8] Después de viajar a Londres el mismo día en que una procesión de ciudadanos saludó a la pareja de novias, Eleanor fue coronada reina consorte de Inglaterra en una ceremonia en la Abadía de Westminster, seguida de un magnífico banquete con toda la nobleza en total asistencia. [9] Su amor por su esposo creció significativamente desde 1236 en adelante.
Impopularidad
Eleanor era una consorte leal y fiel a Henry, pero ella trajo a su séquito a un gran número de tíos y primos, "los Saboya", y su influencia con el Rey y su impopularidad con los barones ingleses crearon fricción durante el reinado de Henry. [10] Su tío William de Saboya se convirtió en un asesor cercano de su esposo, desplazando y disgustando a los barones ingleses. [11]
Aunque Eleanor y Henry apoyaron a diferentes facciones a veces, fue nombrada regente de Inglaterra cuando su esposo se fue a Gascuña en 1253. Eleanor se dedicó a la causa de su esposo, impugnó firmemente a Simon de Montfort , reuniendo tropas en Francia para la causa de Henry.
El 13 de julio de 1263, navegaba por el Támesis cuando su barca fue atacada por ciudadanos de Londres. [12] Eleanor odiaba firmemente a los londinenses que le devolvían su odio; en venganza por su disgusto, Eleanor había exigido a la ciudad todos los pagos atrasados debidos al tributo monetario conocido como reina de oro , por el cual recibió una décima parte de todas las multas que llegaron a la Corona. Además de la reina de oro , la Reina impuso otras multas a los ciudadanos con el menor pretexto. [13] Temiendo por su vida, ya que fue arrojada con piedras, pavimentos sueltos, barro seco, huevos podridos y vegetales, Eleanor fue rescatada por Thomas Fitzthomas , el alcalde de Londresy se refugió en la casa del obispo de Londres.
Reina viuda
En 1272 Henry murió, y su hijo Edward, de 33 años, se convirtió en rey de Inglaterra. Permaneció en Inglaterra como reina viuda , y crió a varios de sus nietos: el hijo de Edward, Henry, y su hija Eleanor, y el hijo de Beatrice, John . Cuando su nieto Henry murió bajo su cuidado en 1274, Eleanor se puso de luto y ordenó que enterraran su corazón en el priorato de Guildford que ella fundó en su memoria. En enero de 1275 expulsó a los judíos de todas sus tierras. [14] Las dos hijas restantes de Eleanor murieron en 1275, Margaret el 26 de febrero y Beatrice el 24 de marzo.
Ella se retiró a un convento; sin embargo, ella permaneció en contacto con su hijo, el rey Eduardo, y su hermana, la reina Margarita de Francia.
Eleanor murió el 24/25 de junio de 1291 en Amesbury , a ocho millas al norte de Salisbury , Inglaterra. Fue enterrada en la abadía de Amesbury . Se desconoce el sitio exacto de su tumba en la abadía, lo que la convierte en la única reina inglesa sin una tumba marcada. Su corazón fue llevado a Londres, donde fue enterrado en el convento franciscano de Greyfriars . [15]
Legado cultural
Eleanor era famosa por su aprendizaje, inteligencia y habilidad para escribir poesía, [7] así como por su belleza; También era conocida como líder de la moda, importando continuamente ropa de Francia. [5] A menudo usaba cottes de color parcial (un tipo de túnica), fajas doradas o plateadas en las que se empujaba una daga casualmente, favorecía el damasco de seda roja y decoraciones de quatrefoil dorado, y para cubrir su cabello oscuro vestía alegre tapas de pastillero. Eleanor introdujo un nuevo tipo de espinilla en Inglaterra, que era alta, "en la cual la cabeza retrocedió hasta que la cara parecía una flor en una espata envolvente". [5]
Ella había desarrollado un amor por las canciones de los trovadores cuando era niña, y continuó con este interés. Compró muchos libros románticos e históricos, que abarcan historias desde la antigüedad hasta romances contemporáneos escritos en el período (siglo XIII).
Eleanor es la protagonista de The Queen From Provence , un romance histórico del novelista británico Jean Plaidy que se publicó en 1979. Eleanor es un personaje principal en la novela Four Sisters, All Queens del autor Sherry Jones, así como en las novelas The Sister Queens por Sophie Perinot, y "My Fair Lady: A Story of Henry III's Lost Queen" por JPReedman. También es el tema de la banda de metal sinfónico noruego Leave's Eyes en su canción "Eleonore De Provence" de su álbum Symphonies of the Night.
Problema
Eleanor y Henry tuvieron al menos cinco hijos juntos. Eleanor parece haberse dedicado especialmente a su hijo mayor, Edward; cuando él estuvo gravemente enfermo en 1246, ella se quedó con él en la abadía de Beaulieu en Hampshire durante tres semanas, mucho más allá del tiempo permitido por las reglas monásticas. [16] Fue debido a su influencia que el Rey Henry le otorgó el ducado de Gascuña a Edward en 1249. [ cita requerida ] Su hija menor, Katherine, parece haber tenido una enfermedad degenerativa que la dejó sorda. Cuando la niña murió a la edad de tres años, sus dos padres reales sufrieron un dolor abrumador. [17]
Eduardo I (1239-1307), se casó con Leonor de Castilla (1241-1290) en 1254, con quien tuvo problemas, incluido su heredero Eduardo II . Su segunda esposa fue Margarita de Francia , con quien tuvo problemas.
Margaret (1240-1275), se casó con el rey Alejandro III de Escocia , con quien tuvo problemas.
Beatrice (1242-1275), se casó con Juan II, duque de Bretaña , con quien tuvo problemas.
Edmund Crouchback, primer conde de Lancaster (1245-1296), se casó con Aveline de Forz en 1269, quien murió cuatro años después sin problemas; se casó con Blanche de Artois en 1276, por quien tuvo problemas.
Katherine (25 de noviembre de 1253 - 3 de mayo de 1257)
Otros cuatro están en la lista, pero su existencia está en duda ya que no existe un registro contemporáneo de ellos. Estos son:
Richard (1247-1256)
Juan (1250-1256)
William (1251-1256)
Henry (1256-1257)
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Éléonore Berenger (de Provence), Reine Consort d'Angleterre MP
French: Éléonore De Orléans, Reine Consort d'Angleterre, Spanish: Leonor de Provenza, Reine Consort d'Angleterre
Gender: Female
Birth: 1223
Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Death: June 24, 1291 (68)
Amesbury Abbey, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
Place of Burial: Abbey of St. Mary, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Raymond Bérenger IV, comte de Provence and Béatrice de Savoie, comtesse consort de Provence
Wife of Henry III, king of England
Mother of Edward I "Longshanks", King of England; Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scots; Beatrice of England; Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster; Richard Plantagenet, Prince of England and 3 others
Sister of Marguerite de Provence, reine consort de France; Sanchia of Provence, Queen of the Romans; Beatrice di Provenza, regina consorte di Sicilia; Raymond de Provence and Henry de Bath
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Born in Aix-en-Provence, Eleanor was the second eldest daughter of Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence (1198–1245) and Beatrice of Savoy (1205–1267), the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and his second wife Margaret of Geneva. All four of their daughters became queens.
Like her mother, grandmother, and sisters, Eleanor was renowned for her beauty. She was a dark-haired brunette with fine eyes.
On June 22 1235, Eleanor was bethrothed to King Henry III of England (1207–1272) and wed to him on January 14, 1236. She had never seen him prior to the wedding at Canterbury Cathedral and had never set foot in his kingdom. Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, officiated.
Eleanor was dressed in a shimmering golden gown which was tightly-fitted to the waist, and then flared out in wide pleats to her feet. The sleeves were long and lined with ermine. After riding to London the same day where a procession of citizens greeted the bridal pair, Eleanor was crowned queen consort of England in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey which was followed by a magnificent banquet with the entire nobility in full attendance.
Eleanor was renowned for her learning, cleverness, and skill at writing poetry, as well as her beauty; she was also known as a leader of fashion, continually importing clothes from France. She often wore parti-coloured cottes (a type of tunic), gold or silver girdles into which a dagger was casually thrust, she favoured red silk damask, and decorations of gilt quatrefoil, and to cover her dark hair she wore jaunty pillbox caps.
Eleanor and King Henry had five children together:
Edward I (1239–1307)
Margaret of England (1240–1275)
Beatrice of England (1242–1275)
Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296)
Katharine (25 November 1253 – 3 May 1257)
Eleanor seems to have been especially devoted to her eldest son, Edward; when he was deathly ill in 1246, she stayed with him at the abbey at Beaulieu in Hampshire for three weeks, long past the time allowed by monastic rules. Her youngest child, Katharine, seems to have had a degenerative disease that rendered her deaf. When the little girl died at the age of three, both her royal parents suffered overwhelming grief.
Eleanor as Queen
Eleanor was a confident consort to Henry, but she brought in her retinue a large number of cousins, "the Savoyards," and her influence with the King and her unpopularity with the English barons created friction during Henry's reign.
Eleanor was devoted to her husband's cause, stoutly contested Simon de Montfort, and helped raise troops in France for Henry's cause.
In 1272 King Henry died, and her son Edward, who was 33 years old, became Edward I, King of England. Eleanor remained in England as Dowager Queen, and raised several of her grandchildren—Edward's son Henry and daughter Eleanor, and Beatrice's son John. When her grandson Henry died in her care in 1274, Eleanor mourned him dearly, and his heart was buried at the priory at Guildford which she founded in his memory.
Eleanor retired to a convent but remained in touch with her son, King Edward, and her sister, Queen Margaret of France.
Eleanor died on in June of 1291 in Amesbury, eight miles north of Salisbury, England. She was buried on September 11, 1291 in the Abbey of St. Mary. Her heart was taken to London where it was buried at the Franciscan priory.
[http://www.medievalqueens.com/queen-eleanor-of-provence.htm]
http://web.me.com/abacusinfo/English_Queens_Consort/8._Eleanor_of_Provence.html]
Eleanor of Provence was born in 1223 at Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France.3 She was the daughter of Raimond Berengar V, Comte de Provence and Beatrice di Savoia.2 She married Henry III, King of England, son of John I 'Lackland', King of England and Isabella d'Angoulême, on 14 January 1236 at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.3 She died on 24 June 1291 at Amesbury Abbey, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.3 She was buried at Amesbury Abbey, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.3
As a result of her marriage, Eleanor of Provence was styled as Queen Consort Eleanor of England on 20 January 1236.3 She was a nun on 7 July 1284 at Amesbury Abbey, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.3
Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223 – 24/25 June 1291[1]) was Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Henry III of England from 1236 until his death in 1272.
Although she was completely devoted to her husband, and staunchly defended him against the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, she was very much hated by the Londoners. This was because she had brought a large number of relatives with her to England in her retinue; these were known as "the Savoyards", and they were given influential positions in the government and realm. On one occasion, Eleanor's barge was attacked by angry citizens who pelted her with stones, mud, pieces of paving, rotten eggs and vegetables.
Eleanor was the mother of five children including the future King Edward I of England. She also was renowned for her cleverness, skill at writing poetry, and as a leader of fashion. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.timetravel-britain.com/articles/towns/amesbury.shtml
Interesting Note (found on this page): "In 1287, King Edward's mother, Eleanor of Provence, also took her vows and was later buried here. The precise location of her grave remains unknown, making her the only Queen of England without a known grave."
Eleanor of Provence
Queen consort of England Tenure 14 January 1236 – 16 November 1272 Coronation 14 January 1236
Spouse Henry III of Winchester Issue Edward I Longshanks Margaret, Queen of Scots Beatrice of England Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster Katherine of England House House of Aragon (by birth) House of Plantagenet (by marriage) Father Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence Mother Beatrice of Savoy Born c. 1223 Aix-en-Provence Died 24/25 June 1291 Amesbury Burial Abbey of St Mary and St Melor in Amesbury
Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223 – 24/25 June 1291[1]) was Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Henry III of England from 1236 until his death in 1272.
Although she was completely devoted to her husband, and staunchly defended him against the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, she was very much hated by the Londoners. This was because she had brought a large number of relatives with her to England in her retinue; these were known as "the Savoyards", and they were given influential positions in the government and realm. On one occasion, Eleanor's barge was attacked by angry citizens who pelted her with stones, mud, pieces of paving, rotten eggs and vegetables.
Eleanor was the mother of five children including the future King Edward I of England. She also was renowned for her cleverness, skill at writing poetry, and as a leader of fashion.
Born in Aix-en-Provence, she was the second eldest daughter of Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence (1198–1245) and Beatrice of Savoy (1205–1267), the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and his second wife Margaret of Geneva. All four of their daughters became queens. Like her mother, grandmother, and sisters, Eleanor was renowned for her beauty. She was a dark-haired brunette with fine eyes.[2] Piers Langtoft speaks of her as "The erle's daughter, the fairest may of life".[3] On 22 June 1235, Eleanor was bethrothed to King Henry III of England (1207–1272).[1] Eleanor was probably born in 1223; Matthew Paris describes her as being "jamque duodennem" (already twelve) when she arrived in the Kingdom of England for her marriage.
Eleanor was married to King Henry III of England on 14 January 1236. She had never seen him prior to the wedding at Canterbury Cathedral and had never set foot in his kingdom.[4] Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, officiated. She was dressed in a shimmering golden gown which was tightly-fitted to the waist, and then flared out in wide pleats to her feet. The sleeves were long and lined with ermine.[5] After riding to London the same day where a procession of citizens greeted the bridal pair, Eleanor was crowned queen consort of England in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey which was followed by a magnificent banquet with the entire nobility in full attendance.[6]
Eleanor and Henry together had five children:
Edward I (1239–1307), married Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290) in 1254, by whom he had issue, including his heir Edward II; he married Margaret of France in 1299, by whom he had issue. Margaret of England (1240–1275), married King Alexander III of Scotland, by whom she had issue. Beatrice of England (1242–1275), married John II, Duke of Brittany, by whom she had issue. Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster (1245–1296), married Aveline de Forz in 1269, who died four years later without issue; married Blanche of Artois in 1276, by whom he had issue. Katharine (25 November 1253 – 3 May 1257) Four others are listed, but their existence is in doubt as there is no contemporary record of them. These are:
Richard (1247–1256) John (1250–1256) William (1251–1256) Henry (1256–1257)
Eleanor was renowned for her learning, cleverness, and skill at writing poetry,[4] as well as her beauty; she was also known as a leader of fashion, continually importing clothes from France.[3] She often wore parti-coloured cottes (a type of tunic), gold or silver girdles into which a dagger was casually thrust, she favoured red silk damask, and decorations of gilt quatrefoil, and to cover her dark hair she wore jaunty pillbox caps. Eleanor introduced a new type of wimple to England, which was high, "into which the head receded until the face seemed like a flower in an enveloping spathe".[3]
Eleanor seems to have been especially devoted to her eldest son, Edward; when he was deathly ill in 1246, she stayed with him at the abbey at Beaulieu in Hampshire for three weeks, long past the time allowed by monastic rules.[7] It was because of her influence that King Henry granted the duchy of Gascony to Edward in 1249.[citation needed] Her youngest child, Katharine, seems to have had a degenerative disease that rendered her deaf. When the little girl died at the age of three, both her royal parents suffered overwhelming grief.[8]
Eleanor was a loyal and faithful consort to Henry, but she brought in her retinue a large number of cousins, "the Savoyards," and her influence with the King and her unpopularity with the English barons created friction during Henry's reign.[9] Eleanor was devoted to her husband's cause, stoutly contested Simon de Montfort, raising troops in France for Henry's cause. On 13 July 1263, she was sailing down the Thames on a barge when her barge was attacked by citizens of London.[10] Eleanor stoutly hated the Londoners who returned her hatred; in revenge for their dislike Eleanor had demanded from the city all the back payments due on the monetary tribute known as queen-gold, by which she received a tenth of all fines which came to the Crown. In addition to the queen-gold other such fines were levied on the citizens by the Queen on the thinnest of pretexts.[11] In fear for her life as she was pelted with stones, loose pieces of paving, dried mud, rotten eggs and vegetables, Eleanor was rescued by Thomas Fitzthomas, the Mayor of London, and took refuge at the bishop of London's home.
In 1272 Henry died, and her son Edward, who was 33 years old, became Edward I, King of England. She remained in England as Dowager Queen, and raised several of her grandchildren—Edward's son Henry and daughter Eleanor, and Beatrice's son John. When her grandson Henry died in her care in 1274, Eleanor went into mourning and gave orders for his heart to be buried at the priory at Guildford which she founded in his memory.
She retired to a convent; however, remained in contact with her son, King Edward, and her sister, Queen Margaret of France.
Eleanor died on 24/25 June 1291 in Amesbury, eight miles north of Salisbury, England. She was buried on 11 September 1291 in the Abbey of St Mary and St Melor, Amesbury on 9 December. Her heart was taken to London where it was buried at the Franciscan priory.[12]
References/Notes :
^ a b Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Provence ^ Costain, The Magnificent Century, pp. 125–26 ^ a b c Costain, The Magnificent Century, p.140 ^ a b Costain, The Magnificent Century, p.127 ^ Costain, The Magnificent Century, p.129 ^ Costain, The Magnificent Century, pp. 129–30 ^ Costain, The Magnificent Century, p. 142 ^ Costain, The Magnificent Century, p. 167 ^ Costain, The Magnificent Century, pp.130–140 ^ Costain, The Magnificent Century, pp. 253–54 ^ Costain, The Magnificent Century, pp. 206–07 ^ Howell, Eleanor (Eleanor of Provence) (c.1223–1291), queen of England"
Bibliography Margaret Howell, Eleanor of Provence: Queenship in Thirteenth-century England, 1997 Howell, Margaret (2004), "Eleanor (Eleanor of Provence) (c.1223–1291), queen of England", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8620, retrieved 2010-12-14 FMG on Eleonore Berenger of Provence The Peerage: Eleanor of Provence: [1] Thomas B. Costain, The Magnificent Century, Doubleday and Company, Garden City, New York, 1959
Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223 – 24 June 1291) was Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Henry III of England from 1236 until his death in 1272. Although she was completely devoted to her husband, and staunchly defended him against the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, she was very much hated by the Londoners. This was because she had brought a large number of relatives with her to England in her retinue; these were known as "the Savoyards", and they were given influential positions in the government and realm. On one occasion, Eleanor's barge was attacked by angry citizens who pelted her with stones, mud, pieces of paving, rotten eggs and vegetables. Eleanor was the mother of five children including the future King Edward I of England. She also was renowned for her cleverness, skill at writing poetry, and as a leader of fashion. Born in Aix-en-Provence, she was the second daughter of Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence (1198–1245) and Beatrice of Savoy (1205–1267), the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and his second wife Margaret of Geneva. Her three sisters also married kings. Like her mother, grandmother, and sisters, Eleanor was renowned for her beauty. She was a dark-haired brunette with fine eyes. Piers Langtoft speaks of her as "The erle's daughter, the fairest may of life". On 22 June 1235, Eleanor was betrothed to King Henry III of England (1207–1272). Eleanor was probably born in 1223; Matthew Paris describes her as being "jamque duodennem" (already twelve) when she arrived in the Kingdom of England for her marriage. Marriage and issue: Eleanor was married to King Henry III of England on 14 January 1236. She had never seen him prior to the wedding at Canterbury Cathedral and had never set foot in his kingdom. Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, officiated. She was dressed in a shimmering golden gown which was tightly-fitted to the waist, and then flared out in wide pleats to her feet. The sleeves were long and lined with ermine. After riding to London the same day where a procession of citizens greeted the bridal pair, Eleanor was crowned queen consort of England in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey which was followed by a magnificent banquet with the entire nobility in full attendance. Eleanor and Henry together had five children:
1.Edward I (1239–1307), married Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290) in 1254, by whom he had issue, including his heir Edward II; he married Margaret of France in 1299, by whom he had issue. 2.Margaret of England (1240–1275), married King Alexander III of Scotland, by whom she had issue. 3.Beatrice of England (1242–1275), married John II, Duke of Brittany, by whom she had issue. 4.Edmund "Crouchback", 1st Earl of Lancaster (1245–1296), married Aveline de Forz in 1269, who died four years later without issue; married Blanche of Artois in 1276, by whom he had issue. 5.Katharine (25 November 1253 – 3 May 1257)
Four others are listed, but their existence is in doubt as there is no contemporary record of them. These are:
1.Richard (1247–1256) 2.John (1250–1256) 3.William (1251–1256) 4.Henry (1256–1257)
Eleanor was renowned for her learning, cleverness, and skill at writing poetry, as well as her beauty; she was also known as a leader of fashion, continually importing clothes from France. She often wore parti-coloured cottes (a type of tunic), gold or silver girdles into which a dagger was casually thrust, she favoured red silk damask, and decorations of gilt quatrefoil, and to cover her dark hair she wore jaunty pillbox caps. Eleanor introduced a new type of wimple to England, which was high, "into which the head receded until the face seemed like a flower in an enveloping spathe". Eleanor seems to have been especially devoted to her eldest son, Edward; when he was deathly ill in 1246, she stayed with him at the abbey at Beaulieu in Hampshire for three weeks, long past the time allowed by monastic rules. It was because of her influence that King Henry granted the duchy of Gascony to Edward in 1249. Her youngest child, Katharine, seems to have had a degenerative disease that rendered her deaf. When the little girl died at the age of three, both her royal parents suffered overwhelming grief. Unpopularity: Eleanor was a loyal and faithful consort to Henry, but she brought in her retinue a large number of cousins, "the Savoyards," and her influence with the King and her unpopularity with the English barons created friction during Henry's reign. Eleanor was devoted to her husband's cause, stoutly contested Simon de Montfort, raising troops in France for Henry's cause. On 13 July 1263, she was sailing down the Thames when her barge was attacked by citizens of London. Eleanor stoutly hated the Londoners who returned her hatred; in revenge for their dislike Eleanor had demanded from the city all the back payments due on the monetary tribute known as queen-gold, by which she received a tenth of all fines which came to the Crown. In addition to the queen-gold other such fines were levied on the citizens by the Queen on the thinnest of pretexts. In fear for her life as she was pelted with stones, loose pieces of paving, dried mud, rotten eggs and vegetables, Eleanor was rescued by Thomas Fitzthomas, the Mayor of London, and took refuge at the bishop of London's home. In 1272 Henry died, and her son Edward, who was 33 years old, became Edward I, King of England. She remained in England as queen dowager, and raised several of her grandchildren—Edward's son Henry and daughter Eleanor, and Beatrice's son John. When her grandson Henry died in her care in 1274, Eleanor went into mourning and gave orders for his heart to be buried at the priory at Guildford which she founded in his memory. She retired to a convent; however, remained in contact with her son, King Edward, and her sister, Queen Margaret of France. Eleanor died on 24/25 June 1291 in Amesbury, eight miles north of Salisbury, England. She was buried on 11 September 1291 in the Abbey of St Mary and St Melor, Amesbury on 9 December. The exact site of her grave at the abbey is unknown making her the only English queen without a marked grave. Her heart was taken to London where it was buried at the Franciscan priory.
Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223 – 24/25 June 1291[1]) was Queen consort of England, as the spouse of King Henry III of England, from 1236 until his death in 1272.
Although she was completely devoted to her husband, and staunchly defended him against the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, she was very much hated by the Londoners. This was because she had brought a large number of relatives with her to England in her retinue; these were known as "the Savoyards", and they were given influential positions in the government and realm. On one occasion, Eleanor's barge was attacked by angry citizens who pelted her with stones, mud, pieces of paving, rotten eggs and vegetables.
Eleanor was the mother of five children including the future King Edward I of England. She also was renowned for her cleverness, skill at writing poetry, and as a leader of fashion.
Queen consort of England Tenure 14 January 1236 – 16 November 1272 Coronation 14 January 1236 Spouse Henry III of England Issue Edward I of England Margaret, Queen of Scots Beatrice of England Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster Katherine of England House House of Barcelona (by birth) House of Plantagenet (by marriage) Father Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence Mother Beatrice of Savoy Born c. 1223 Aix-en-Provence Died 24/25 June 1291 Amesbury Burial Abbey of St Mary and St Melor in Amesbury
Family
Born in Aix-en-Provence, she was the second daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (1198–1245) and Beatrice of Savoy (1205–1267), the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and his second wife Margaret of Geneva. Her three sisters also married kings. Like her mother, grandmother, and sisters, Eleanor was renowned for her beauty. She was a dark-haired brunette with fine eyes.[2] Piers Langtoft speaks of her as "The erle's daughter, the fairest may of life".[3] On 22 June 1235, Eleanor was betrothed to King Henry III of England (1207–1272).[1] Eleanor was probably born in 1223; Matthew Paris describes her as being "jamque duodennem" (already twelve) when she arrived in the Kingdom of England for her marriage.
Marriage & Issue
Eleanor was married to King Henry III of England on 14 January 1236. She had never seen him prior to the wedding at Canterbury Cathedral and had never set foot in his kingdom.[4] Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, officiated. She was dressed in a shimmering golden gown which was tightly-fitted to the waist, and then flared out in wide pleats to her feet. The sleeves were long and lined with ermine.[5] After riding to London the same day where a procession of citizens greeted the bridal pair, Eleanor was crowned queen consort of England in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey which was followed by a magnificent banquet with the entire nobility in full attendance.[6]
Eleanor and Henry together had five children:
Edward I (1239–1307), married Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290) in 1254, by whom he had issue, including his heir Edward II; he married Margaret of France in 1299, by whom he had issue.
Margaret (1240–1275), married King Alexander III of Scotland, by whom she had issue.
Beatrice (1242–1275), married John II, Duke of Brittany, by whom she had issue.
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster (1245–1296), married Aveline de Forz in 1269, who died four years later without issue; married Blanche of Artois in 1276, by whom he had issue.
Katherine (25 November 1253 – 3 May 1257)
Four others are listed, but their existence is in doubt as there is no contemporary record of them. These are:
Richard (1247–1256) John (1250–1256) William (1251–1256) Henry (1256–1257)
Eleanor was renowned for her learning, cleverness, and skill at writing poetry,[4] as well as her beauty; she was also known as a leader of fashion, continually importing clothes from France.[3] She often wore parti-coloured cottes (a type of tunic), gold or silver girdles into which a dagger was casually thrust, she favoured red silk damask, and decorations of gilt quatrefoil, and to cover her dark hair she wore jaunty pillbox caps. Eleanor introduced a new type of wimple to England, which was high, "into which the head receded until the face seemed like a flower in an enveloping spathe".[3]
Eleanor seems to have been especially devoted to her eldest son, Edward; when he was deathly ill in 1246, she stayed with him at the abbey at Beaulieu in Hampshire for three weeks, long past the time allowed by monastic rules.[7] It was because of her influence that King Henry granted the duchy of Gascony to Edward in 1249.[citation needed] Her youngest child, Katherine, seems to have had a degenerative disease that rendered her deaf. When the little girl died at the age of three, both her royal parents suffered overwhelming grief.[8]
Unpopularity
Eleanor was a loyal and faithful consort to Henry, but she brought in her retinue a large number of cousins, "the Savoyards," and her influence with the King and her unpopularity with the English barons created friction during Henry's reign.[9] Though Eleanor and Henry supported different factions at times, she was made regent of England when her husband left for Normandy in 1253.[10] Eleanor was devoted to her husband's cause, stoutly contested Simon de Montfort, raising troops in France for Henry's cause. On 13 July 1263, she was sailing down the Thames when her barge was attacked by citizens of London.[11] Eleanor stoutly hated the Londoners who returned her hatred; in revenge for their dislike Eleanor had demanded from the city all the back payments due on the monetary tribute known as queen-gold, by which she received a tenth of all fines which came to the Crown. In addition to the queen-gold other such fines were levied on the citizens by the Queen on the thinnest of pretexts.[12] In fear for her life as she was pelted with stones, loose pieces of paving, dried mud, rotten eggs and vegetables, Eleanor was rescued by Thomas Fitzthomas, the Mayor of London, and took refuge at the bishop of London's home.
Later life
In 1272 Henry died, and her son Edward, who was 33 years old, became Edward I, King of England. She remained in England as queen dowager, and raised several of her grandchildren—Edward's son Henry and daughter Eleanor, and Beatrice's son John. When her grandson Henry died in her care in 1274, Eleanor went into mourning and gave orders for his heart to be buried at the priory at Guildford which she founded in his memory. In 1275 Eleanor's two remaining daughters died Margaret 26th February and Beatrice 24th March.
She retired to a convent; however, she remained in contact with her son, King Edward, and her sister, Queen Margaret of France.
Eleanor died on 24/25 June 1291 in Amesbury, eight miles north of Salisbury, England. She was buried on 11 September 1291 in the Abbey of St Mary and St Melor, Amesbury on 9 December. The exact site of her grave at the abbey is unknown making her the only English queen without a marked grave. Her heart was taken to London where it was buried at the Franciscan priory.[13]
In fiction
Eleanor is the protagonist of The Queen From Provence, a historical romance by British novelist Jean Plaidy which was published in 1979. Eleanor is a main character in the novel Four Sisters, All Queens by author Sherry Jones, as well as in the novel The Sister Queens by Sophie Perinot.
Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223 – 24/25 June 1291[1]) was Queen consort of England, as the spouse of King Henry III of England, from 1236 until his death in 1272.
Although she was completely devoted to her husband, and staunchly defended him against the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, she was very much hated by the Londoners. This was because she had brought a large number of relatives with her to England in her retinue; these were known as "the Savoyards", and they were given influential positions in the government and realm. On one occasion, Eleanor's barge was attacked by angry citizens who pelted her with stones, mud, pieces of paving, rotten eggs and vegetables.
Eleanor was the mother of five children including the future King Edward I of England. She also was renowned for her cleverness, skill at writing poetry, and as a leader of fashion.
Family[edit] Born in Aix-en-Provence, she was the second daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (1198–1245) and Beatrice of Savoy (1205–1267), the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and his second wife Margaret of Geneva. Her three sisters also married kings. Like her mother, grandmother, and sisters, Eleanor was renowned for her beauty. She was a dark-haired brunette with fine eyes.[2] Piers Langtoft speaks of her as "The erle's daughter, the fairest may of life".[3] On 22 June 1235, Eleanor was betrothed to King Henry III of England (1207–1272).[1] Eleanor was probably born in 1223; Matthew Paris describes her as being "jamque duodennem" (already twelve) when she arrived in the Kingdom of England for her marriage.
Marriage and issue[edit] Eleanor was married to King Henry III of England on 14 January 1236. She had never seen him prior to the wedding at Canterbury Cathedral and had never set foot in his kingdom.[4] Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, officiated. She was dressed in a shimmering golden gown which was tightly-fitted to the waist, and then flared out in wide pleats to her feet. The sleeves were long and lined with ermine.[5] After riding to London the same day where a procession of citizens greeted the bridal pair, Eleanor was crowned queen consort of England in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey which was followed by a magnificent banquet with the entire nobility in full attendance.[6]
Eleanor and Henry together had five children:
Edward I (1239–1307), married Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290) in 1254, by whom he had issue, including his heir Edward II; he married Margaret of France in 1299, by whom he had issue. Margaret (1240–1275), married King Alexander III of Scotland, by whom she had issue. Beatrice (1242–1275), married John II, Duke of Brittany, by whom she had issue. Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster (1245–1296), married Aveline de Forz in 1269, who died four years later without issue; married Blanche of Artois in 1276, by whom he had issue. Katherine (25 November 1253 – 3 May 1257) Four others are listed, but their existence is in doubt as there is no contemporary record of them. These are:
Richard (1247–1256) John (1250–1256) William (1251–1256) Henry (1256–1257) Eleanor was renowned for her learning, cleverness, and skill at writing poetry,[4] as well as her beauty; she was also known as a leader of fashion, continually importing clothes from France.[3] She often wore parti-coloured cottes (a type of tunic), gold or silver girdles into which a dagger was casually thrust, she favoured red silk damask, and decorations of gilt quatrefoil, and to cover her dark hair she wore jaunty pillbox caps. Eleanor introduced a new type of wimple to England, which was high, "into which the head receded until the face seemed like a flower in an enveloping spathe".[3]
Eleanor seems to have been especially devoted to her eldest son, Edward; when he was deathly ill in 1246, she stayed with him at the abbey at Beaulieu in Hampshire for three weeks, long past the time allowed by monastic rules.[7] It was because of her influence that King Henry granted the duchy of Gascony to Edward in 1249.[citation needed] Her youngest child, Katherine, seems to have had a degenerative disease that rendered her deaf. When the little girl died at the age of three, both her royal parents suffered overwhelming grief.[8]
Unpopularity[edit] Eleanor was a loyal and faithful consort to Henry, but she brought in her retinue a large number of cousins, "the Savoyards," and her influence with the King and her unpopularity with the English barons created friction during Henry's reign.[9] Though Eleanor and Henry supported different factions at times, she was made regent of England when her husband left for Normandy in 1253.[10] Eleanor was devoted to her husband's cause, stoutly contested Simon de Montfort, raising troops in France for Henry's cause. On 13 July 1263, she was sailing down the Thames when her barge was attacked by citizens of London.[11] Eleanor stoutly hated the Londoners who returned her hatred; in revenge for their dislike Eleanor had demanded from the city all the back payments due on the monetary tribute known as queen-gold, by which she received a tenth of all fines which came to the Crown. In addition to the queen-gold other such fines were levied on the citizens by the Queen on the thinnest of pretexts.[12] In fear for her life as she was pelted with stones, loose pieces of paving, dried mud, rotten eggs and vegetables, Eleanor was rescued by Thomas Fitzthomas, the Mayor of London, and took refuge at the bishop of London's home.
Later life[edit] In 1272 Henry died, and her son Edward, who was 33 years old, became Edward I, King of England. She remained in England as queen dowager, and raised several of her grandchildren—Edward's son Henry and daughter Eleanor, and Beatrice's son John. When her grandson Henry died in her care in 1274, Eleanor went into mourning and gave orders for his heart to be buried at the priory at Guildford which she founded in his memory. In 1275 Eleanor's two remaining daughters died Margaret 26th February and Beatrice 24th March.
She retired to a convent; however, she remained in contact with her son, King Edward, and her sister, Queen Margaret of France.
Eleanor died on 24/25 June 1291 in Amesbury, eight miles north of Salisbury, England. She was buried on 11 September 1291 in the Abbey of St Mary and St Melor, Amesbury on 9 December. The exact site of her grave at the abbey is unknown making her the only English queen without a marked grave. Her heart was taken to London where it was buried at the Franciscan priory.[13]
Eleanor of Provence, the queen of Henry III of England, was his loyal marriage-partner for thirty-six years. Strong-willed, ambitious and practical, she played a major role in ruling the kingdom during the volatile thirteenth century. So why is she so little remembered in the roster of medieval queens? Probably because Henry filled his reign with so many miscalculations and disasters that not even a strong helpmeet could avert them. If Eleanor had been a reigning queen instead of a queen-consort, things might have been different.
As daughter of Count Raymond of Provence, Eleanor grew up steeped in the sunny, pleasure-loving culture of Southern France. She was acquainted with the nobility of the Mediterranean world. When she married Henry she brought from her birthplace her taste for the good life and her familiarity with many influential players on the European stage. Eleanor also brought her relatives to install in important offices in England. This didn't endear her to Henry's barons or to the English people, who mistrusted foreigners.
What Henry, an ambitious but ineffective king, lacked in willpower Eleanor more than made up for. Like her two predecessors on the English throne, Isabella of Angoulême and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Eleanor of Provence was fiercely ambitious for her children and supremely self-confident in exercising her power.
She was intimately involved in Henry's battles. These included excursions to France to fight for the Continental lands the French and English had been squabbling about for decades. At home, Henry and Eleanor had rebellious barons to contend with. When Henry was captured by his own barons and forced to agree to their terms for reforms, Eleanor went to France and raised a formidable army to free her husband. But her invasion fleet was wrecked before it reached England. Her son Edward (later Edward I), as combative as his mother, fought off the rebels and rescued his father.
After Henry died in 1272 Eleanor became Queen Dowager, but she never gave up her active role in promoting the royal family's interests. Only after fourteen years did she take off her crown and don the veil at the nunnery of Amesbury. There she lived a quiet, pious life until her death in 1291.
Queen Eleanor of Provence was beautiful, resourceful, clever-and unpopular. Her foreign airs and entanglements, her influence on her husband and her imperious manner could not endear her to the English. The chronicler summed up her contradictory qualities after her death: "the generous and devout virago."
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Another property that became associated with English queens was the convent of Barking, which was granted to Matilda of Boulogne in the next reign and provided Eleanor of Provence with five months' worth of revenues during her widowhood.
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Eleanor of Provence Memorial
Birth: 1222 Aix-en-Provence Departement des Bouches-du-Rhône Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Death: Jun. 25, 1291 Amesbury Wiltshire Unitary Authority Wiltshire, England
British Monarch. Some historians place her birth in 1217. The daughter of Raymond Berengar, count of Provence, and Beatrice of Savoy, Eleanor married King Henry III of England in 1236. By all accounts, the union was a happy one, and the couple had 9 children, only four of whom survived to adulthood. Eleanor was a vigorous and incisive woman who held much influence over Henry, as did her unpopular family members. This caused severe conflict between Henry and his barons. During the rise of Simon de Montfort in 1264, Eleanor raised an army of French mercenaries for the defense of her husband and son. Upon the death of Henry in 1272, Eleanor retired to a life in the veil in the Convent at Amesbury, though she never took the final vows. Until her death of old age, she was consulted many times in matters of state by her son Edward I. *Note: Eleanor's heart was entombed at Grayfriar's Church, London. (bio by: Kristen Conrad)
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Parents: Raimond Bérenger IV de Provence (1198 - 1245) Beatrice of Savoy (1198 - 1266) Spouse: King Henry (1207 - 1272) Children: Edward I (1239 - 1307)* Margaret Plantagenet (1240 - 1275)* Béatrice d'Angleterre (1242 - 1275)* Edmund Plantagenet (1245 - 1296)* Richard of England (1247 - 1250)* John of England (1250 - 1252)* Katherine of England (1253 - 1257)* Henry of England (1260 - 1260)* Siblings: Marguerite de Provence (1221 - 1295)* Eleanor of Provence (1222 - 1291) Sanchia of Provence (1225 - 1261)* Beatrice de Provence (1234 - 1267)*
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Burial: St Mary & St Melor Churchyard Amesbury Wiltshire Unitary Authority Wiltshire, England
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Leonor de Provenza
Leonor de Provenza
Reina Consorte de Inglaterra
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Información personal
Reinado 14 de enero de 1236-16 de noviembre de 1272
Coronación 14 de enero de 1236
Nacimiento c. 1223
Aix-en-Provence
Fallecimiento 24/25 de junio de 1291
Amesbury, Wiltshire
Entierro Abadía de Amesbury, Amesbury
Familia
Casa real Casa de Barcelona
Padre Ramón Berenguer IV de Provenza
Madre Beatriz de Saboya
Cónyuge Enrique III de Inglaterra
Coats of arms of Eleanor of Provence.svg
Escudo de Leonor de Provenza
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Leonor de Provenza (Aix-en-Provence, h. 1223 – Amesbury, Wiltshire, 24 de junio de 1291), reina consorte de Enrique III de Inglaterra.
Biografía[editar]
Nació en la localidad francesa de Aix-en-Provence en el año 1223, siendo la segunda de las hijas de Ramón Berenguer V, conde de Provenza y Forcalquier —nieto del rey Alfonso II de Aragón y bisnieto del rey Alfonso VII de Castilla—, y de Beatriz de Saboya.
Se casó en la catedral de Canterbury el 14 de enero de 1236, con el rey Enrique III de Inglaterra, y tuvieron nueve hijos:
Eduardo (17 de junio de 1239 – 7 de julio de 1307), que sucedió a su padre como Eduardo I
Margarita de Inglaterra (29 de septiembre de 1240 – 29 de febrero de 1275), reina consorte de Alejandro III de Escocia
Beatriz de Inglaterra (25 de junio de 1242 – 24 de marzo de 1275), casada con Juan II, duque de Bretaña
Edmundo de Lancaster (16 de enero de 1245 – 5 de junio de 1296)
Ricardo (1247 – 1256)
Juan (1250 – 1256)
Guillermo (1252 – 1256)
Catalina (25 de noviembre de 1253 – 3 de mayo de 1257)
Enrique (1256 – 1257)
Ejerció un desafortunado influjo sobre el rey, provocando la rebelión de los barones guiados por Simón V de Montfort, VI conde de Leicester, en la Segunda Guerra de los Barones (1264-1267).
Capturado su marido tras la batalla de Lewes (1264), la reina se refugia en Francia, al lado de su hermana, la reina Margarita, la cual convence a su esposo, el rey Luis IX, que apoye al príncipe Eduardo con un ejército para invadir Inglaterra.
Liberado el rey y repuesto en el trono (1265), Leonor vuelve a Inglaterra, pero esta vez es mantenida al margen de la política.
Muerto su esposo (15 de noviembre de 1272), intenta, sin éxito, recuperar su influencia en la corte. No obstante, su hijo Eduardo I le encarga la educación de varios de sus nietos mientras él y su esposa Leonor de Castilla parten a las Cruzadas.
Luego se retira a la abadía de Amesbury, en Wiltshire, donde murió el 24 de junio de 1291, a los 68 años de edad, lugar donde está enterrada.
Enlaces externos[editar]
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Predecesor:
Isabel de Angulema Reina Consorte de Inglaterra
1236-1272 Sucesor:
Leonor de Castilla
