Eleanor (Nell) OF ENGLAND

1215 - 1275  (60 years)

• Name	Eleanor (Nell) OF ENGLAND  [1, 2]
  Birth	1215
  Gender	Female
  Death	1275
  Person ID	I12328	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	John LACKLAND, King Of England,   b. 24 Dec 1166, Oxford, Oxfordshire, ENG d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Nottingham, ENG (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabella ANGOULEME,   b. 1188, Angouleme, Chrnt, , FRA d. 31 May 1246, Fonteurault, Maine-Et-Loire, FRA (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 Aug 1200	Bordeaux, Grnd, , FRA
  Family ID	F3658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	William Earl Of Pembroke MARSHAL   d. 1231
  Marriage	Bef 1230
  Family ID	F4028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Sunon (Simon) DE MONTFORT, Earl Of Lancaster,   b. 1209   d. 1265 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	7 Jan 1238	London, Middlesex, ENG
  Family ID	F3929	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  According to a fictionalized account, "Falls the Shadow", Eleanor was betrothed to William Marshall at a very young age for political and monetary reasons. As most all royal marriages occurred in this way, it was perfectly normal. Her me to William ended when she was only 15 at her husbands death. She was then convinced by a very close caretaker to take the oath of fidelity from the Pope. This gave her many of the vows of a nun. She never fit well into this as she was a very beautiful blond haired women who enjoyed the company of men. Though she religiously upheld her vows, she fell hopelessly in love with Simon de Monfert after reaching the age of adulthood. They married secretly with the forced assistance of her brother, King Henry. Simon then convinced the Pope with monetary gifts to rescind his wife's vow of Abstinence. This was to say a very scandalous set of circumstances. Simon de Montfert was well below Eleanor's social status to add to boot. This is a love conquers all theme in the novel "Falls the Shadow."

  
  

• Sources

  [S243] W.L. Warren, King John (London, England; Eyre & Spottiswoode Pub.). [S245] David Piper, Kings and Queens of England and Scotland with copies of pages provided to me by Pat Moran of Texas.