King of England Longshanks Edward, I

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• Note: 1274, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England; Crowned

Longshanks married Eleanor Of Castile on 1 Nov 1254 in Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain. Eleanor (daughter of Ferdinand III Of Castile and Countess of Aumâle Johanna Of Ponthieu) was born in 1241 in Spain; died on 28 Nov 1290 in Harby, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Eleanor was only about ten years old when married to the 15 year old Edward of Westminster at Abbey of Las Huelgas in Spain in 1254. Such child marriages were commonplace in Europe in the Middle Ages and the brides were usually consigned to their husbands' families to complete ther education. The marriages were not consummated until the bride reached a suitable age (usually 14 or 15) and in Eleanor's case it seems to have been 18 or 19.

1. Princess Elizabeth Plantaganet was born on 7 Aug 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales; died on 5 May 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England; was buried on 23 May 1316 in Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England.