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-'''Eleanor of Castille''' (c.1242-1290), [[queen]] of [[Edward I]] of [[England]], was the daughter of Ferdinand III of [[Castille]]. She married Edward in 1254 when she was about 12 and Edward 15. Her dowry was [[Gascony]].
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-The match became one of love, to the point where she accompanied him on [[crusades]]. She bore him 14 children, including the future [[Edward II]]. She died at [[Lincoln]] whilst accompanying Edward and his army towards [[Scotland]]. Edward commissioned a set of 12 stone crosses - the ''"Eleanor Crosses"'', one for each nightly resting place on the journey of her cortege back to [[London]]. Her effigy on her tomb in [[Westminster Abbey]] is one of the most detailed and beautiful of such works.
-[[Category: English History]]
-[[Category: Royalty]]