eleanor of castile

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Queen of England (1274-1290) as the wife of Edward I, whom she accompanied on a crusade (1270-1273). born 1246 died Nov. 28, 1290, Harby, Nottinghamshire, Eng. Queen consort of Edward I of England. Daughter of the king of Castile, she brought Edward title to Gascony on their marriage in 1254, and she was sent to France for safety during the baronial rebellion (1264-65). She joined Edward on a crusade to the Holy Land (1270-73), and legend says she saved his life by sucking poison from a dagger wound. On her death, Edward erected Eleanor Crosses at each place where her coffin rested en route to London
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