Ancestrees
Eleanor (Nell) OF ENGLAND
1215 - 1275 (60 years)
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Name Eleanor (Nell) OF ENGLAND [1, 2] Birth 1215 Gender Female Death 1275 Person ID I12328 Ancestrees Last Modified 29 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 29 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 29 Sep 2024
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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."
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