Eleanor of Castile
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Eleanor of Castile was Queen of England as the first wife of Edward I. She was educated at the Castilian court and also ruled as Countess of Ponthieu in her own right from 1279.
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A statue of Eleanor, at the church at Harby, where she died in 1290.
Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm (19th century engraving by Brown after W.M. Craig)![Leeds Castle, Kent, was acquired at vast discount by Eleanor through the forced sale of debt bonds from Jews.[35]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/1_castle_leeds_panorama_2017.jpg/1280px-1_castle_leeds_panorama_2017.jpg)
Leeds Castle, Kent, was acquired at vast discount by Eleanor through the forced sale of debt bonds from Jews.[35]![The Alphonso Psalter, or book of psalms, believed to have been commissioned by Eleanor[67]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/BL_Alphonso_Psalter.jpg/500px-BL_Alphonso_Psalter.jpg)
The Alphonso Psalter, or book of psalms, believed to have been commissioned by Eleanor[67]
Water feature in the Fountain Court at Leeds Castle
Edward I and his son, the Prince of Wales and future Edward II, portrayed in 1301, some eleven years after Eleanor's death
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About this person
Eleanor of Castile was Queen of England as the first wife of Edward I. She was educated at the Castilian court and also ruled as Countess of Ponthieu in her own right from 1279. After diplomatic efforts to secure her marriage and affirm English sovereignty over Gascony, 13-year-old Eleanor was married to Edward at the monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos, on 1 November 1254. She is believed to have birthed a child not long after.
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