Countess Eleanor BERENGER, Of Provence b. 1222 Aix-En-Provence, Bouches Du Rhone, France d. 24 Jun 1291 Amesbury, Wiltshire, England: Our Family History

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Name	Eleanor BERENGER [1]
Prefix	Countess
Suffix	Of Provence
Birth	1222	Aix-En-Provence, Bouches Du Rhone, France [1]
Gender	Female
TitleOfNobility	1223	France & England [2]
	Countess of Provence Queen of England
TitleOfNobility	Between 1236 and 1272 [2]
	Queen consort of England
ACCEDED	20 Jan 1235-1236	Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England [1]
Affiliation	[2]
	House of Barcelona
FamilySearch ID	9HD3-MC1
Occupation	Between 1253 and 1254 [2]
	Keeper of the Great Seal
Writ to assign dower	10 Oct 1273 [2]
Grant (YAS vol 11, Inquisitions)	28 Oct 1283 [2]
RULED	After King Henry Died She Took The Veil At Amesbury [1]
Name	Éléonore DE PROVENCE [2]
Religion	7 Jul 1284	Amesbury, Wiltshire, England [2]
	Became a nun at Amesbury Abbey a Benedictine abbey of women founded by Queen Ælfthryth 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
Residence	Abbey of St. Mary and St. Melor, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England [2]
_UID	A8B4EABF03A841C982B0570087C090738D5B
Death	24 Jun 1291	Amesbury, Wiltshire, England [1]
Burial	25 Jun 1291	Amesbury, Wiltshire, England [1, 2]
Person ID	I29104	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

Father	Count Raymond BERENGER, V, b. 1198, Aix-En-Provence, Bouches Du Rhone, France d. 19 Aug 1245, Aix-En-Provence, Bouches Du Rhone, France (Age 47 years)
Mother	Countess Beatrice DE SAVOIE, b. Abt 1201, Chambbery, Savoie, France d. Dec 1266, France (Age ~ 65 years)
Marriage	5 Jun 1219	Chambbery, Savoie, France [1, 3]
Family ID	F6734	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family King Henry III PLANTAGENET, Of England, b. 1 Oct 1207, Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England d. 16 Nov 1272, Winchester, London, England (Age 65 years)

Marriage 14 Jan 1236-1237 Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent Co., England [1]

Children

	1. King Edward I "Longshanks" PLANTAGENET, b. 18 Jun 1239, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. 7 Jul 1307, Near Calais, Scotland Enroute Battle With Scotts (Age 68 years)
	2. Princess Margaret PLANTAGENET, Of England, b. 29 Sep 1240, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. 26 Feb 1274-1275, Cupar Castle, Fife, Scotland (Age 34 years)
	3. Princess Beatrice PLANTAGENET, Of England, b. 25 Jun 1242, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France d. 24 Mar 1274-1275, London, England (Age 32 years)
	4. Earl Edmund "Crouchback" PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Leicester, b. 16 Jan 1245, London, Middlesexshire, England d. 5 Jun 1296, Bayonne, Gascony, France (Age 51 years)
	5. Richard OF ENGLAND, b. 1247, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. 29 Aug 1250, Westminster, Middlesex, England (Age 3 years)
	6. John PLANTAGENET, b. Abt 1250 d. Yes, date unknown
	7. William PLANTAGENET, b. Abt 1250 d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Princess Katherine PLANTAGENET, Of England, b. 25 Nov 1253, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England d. 3 May 1257, Windsor, Berkshire, England (Age 3 years)
	9. Henry PLANTAGENET, b. May 1260 d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F12759 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 24 Nov 2024

Notes

Encyclopedia Britannica Online at britannica.com:
Eleanor of Provence, born 1223 died June 25, 1291, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.
French Éléonore 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 Provençal 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.

Sources

[S76] John Howard, Duke.ged.
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Eleanor BERENGER, person ID 9HD3-MC1. (Reliability: 3).
[S10] Mark Willis Ballard 6928 N. Lakewood Avenue 773-743-6663 mwballard52@yahoo.com, GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged.