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unusual facts about Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile


Abbey of Santa MarĂ­a la Real de Las Huelgas

The abbey was founded in 1187 by Alfonso VIII of Castile, at the behest of his wife, Eleanor of England, daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.


Andrzej Bart

He is to seduce Queen of Castile, Juana, who is traversing Spain with the corpse of her husband.

Gonzalo Ruiz

If Peire's satire was performed at Puivert before an audience that included the satirised troubadours and the entourage of Eleanor of England, who was passing through Gascony on her way to marry Alfonso VIII of Castile, then the identification of Guossalbo Roitz with Gonzalo Ruiz of Bureba becomes probable.

Isabella quarter

Palmer replied that the Lady Managers had decided that the quarter would bear a portrait of Isabella I, Queen of Castile (in Spain), whose assistance had helped pay for Columbus's expedition.


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