Eleanor of Provence


Eleanor of Provence was Queen consort of England, as the spouse of King Henry III of England, from 1236 until his death in 1272.

Like her mother, grandmother, and sisters, Eleanor was renowned for her beauty. She was a darkhaired brunette with fine eyes. Piers Langtoft speaks of her as The erles daughter, the fairest may of life. OnJune 1235, Eleanor was betrothed to King Henry III . Eleanor was probably born in 1223 Matthew Paris describes her as being jamque duodennem when she arrived in the Kingdom of England for her marriage.

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