Countess Eleanor BERENGER, Of Provence

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• Affiliation: ; House of Barcelona
• FamilySearch ID: 9HD3-MC1
• RULED: After King Henry Died She Took The Veil At Amesbury
• Name: ?l?onore DE PROVENCE
• Residence: Abbey of St. Mary and St. Melor, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
• _UID: A8B4EABF03A841C982B0570087C090738D5B
• TitleOfNobility: 1223, France & England; Countess of Provence Queen of England
• TitleOfNobility: Between 1236 and 1272; Queen consort of England
• ACCEDED: 20 Jan 1235-1236, Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England
• Occupation: Between 1253 and 1254; Keeper of the Great Seal
• Writ to assign dower: 10 Oct 1273
• Grant (YAS vol 11, Inquisitions): 28 Oct 1283
• Religion: 7 Jul 1284, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England; Became a nun at Amesbury Abbey a Benedictine abbey of women founded by Queen ?lfthryth in about the year 979 on what may have been the site of an earlier monastery. The abbey was dissolved in 1177 by Henry II, who founded in its place a house of the Order

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Encyclopedia Britannica Online at britannica.com:
Eleanor of Provence, born 1223 died June 25, 1291, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.
French ?l?onore De Provence queen consort of King Henry III of England (ruled 1216-7 2); her widespread unpopularity intensified the severe conflicts between the King and his barons. Eleanor's father was Raymond Berengar IV, Count of Provence, and her
mother was the daughter of Thomas I, count of Savoy. The marriage of Eleanor and Henry (January 1236) was designed to further the King's con tinental ambitions. Eleanor soon alienated the barons by having her Savoyard and Proven?al uncles installed in high offices in England.

After rebel barons captured Henry and took over the government in May 1264, Eleanor became the l eader of the royalist exiles in France. She raised an invasion force, but her fleet was wrecked at Sluis, Flanders.

Nevertheless, the rebels were crushed in August 1265, and Eleanor then returned to England. Upon the death of Henry and the accession of her son Edward I, she retired to a nunnery at Amesbury.

Eleanor married King Henry III PLANTAGENET, Of England on 14 Jan 1236-1237 in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent Co., England. Henry (son of John "Lackland" King Of England PLANTAGENET and D'angouleme Isabella DE TAILLEFER, Queen Of England) was born on 1 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England; died on 16 Nov 1272 in Winchester, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. King Edward I "Longshanks" PLANTAGENET was born on 18 Jun 1239 in Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England; was christened on 22 Jun 1239 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England; died on 7 Jul 1307 in Near Calais, Scotland Enroute Battle With Scotts; was buried on 27 Oct 1307 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
2. Princess Margaret PLANTAGENET, Of England was born on 29 Sep 1240 in Windsor, Berkshire, England; died on 26 Feb 1274-1275 in Cupar Castle, Fife, Scotland; was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland.
3. Princess Beatrice PLANTAGENET, Of England was born on 25 Jun 1242 in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France; died on 24 Mar 1274-1275 in London, England; was buried in Newgate, London, England.
4. Earl Edmund "Crouchback" PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Leicester was born on 16 Jan 1245 in London, Middlesexshire, England; died on 5 Jun 1296 in Bayonne, Gascony, France; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.
5. John PLANTAGENET was born about 1250; and died.
6. William PLANTAGENET was born about 1250; and died.
7. Princess Katherine PLANTAGENET, Of England was born on 25 Nov 1253 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England; died on 3 May 1257 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
8. Henry PLANTAGENET was born in May 1260; and died.

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• ACCEDED: 1209

Raymond married Countess Beatrice DE SAVOIE on 5 Jun 1219 in Chambbery, Savoie, France. Beatrice (daughter of Count Thomas DE MAURIENNE, Of Savoy and Beatrix Margaret FAUCIGNY, Of Geneva) was born about 1201 in Chambbery, Savoie, France; died in Dec 1266 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Royalty for Commoners by Robert W. Stuart, Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Revised 2nd Edition, 1995:
Gen 93-26 - Beatrice of Savoy, Countess of Provence; b. 1198; d. Dec 1266; m. dec 1220, Raymond V Berenger, Count of Provence and Forcalquier.

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• AKA (2): Alfonso Or Alfonsez
• _UID: B422E06A0722434F9754B36F1EAA576168F5

Alphonso married Gersinde DE SABRAN, Of Gersindell in Jul 1193 in Aix-En-Provence, Bouches Du Rhone, France. Gersinde was born about 1180 in Sabran, Gard, France; died about 1224 in L'abbaye DE La Celle, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Royalty for Commoners by Robert W. Stuart, Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Revised 2nd Edition, 1995:
Gen 116-2 7 - Gersinde (Gersinda II) of Sabran, Spain; heiress and regent of Provence a nd Farcalquier; d. aft 1222, a nun; m. Alfonso, Count of Provence.

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• ACCEDED: 1189

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1 NAME Thomas I /De Savoie/ 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1177 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1233

Count married Beatrix Margaret FAUCIGNY, Of Geneva in May 1195. Beatrix was born in 1180 in Geneva, Switzerland; died on 8 Apr 1257 in Pierre-Chatel-Isere-France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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