English Royalty. Born at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, the eldest daughter of Edward II, King of England and Isabelle de France. She was briefly betrothed to Alfonso XI of Castile in 1325, but negotiations fell through and she married the widower count Reynold II the Black Graf von Geldern at Nijmegen, Gueldres in May 1332. They had two sons. In 1339, as a result of Reynold's rule, Gueldres was declared a duchy. When Reynold died in 1343, Eleanor served as regent for her nine year old son, Reynold III the Fat. During his reign, his brother Edward led an uprising, civil war broke out, and Edward imprisoned his elder brother while mother and sons fell out as well. She had founded Deventer Abbey to which she then retired. She died there at died at 36.
English Royalty. Born at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, the eldest daughter of Edward II, King of England and Isabelle de France. She was briefly betrothed to Alfonso XI of Castile in 1325, but negotiations fell through and she married the widower count Reynold II the Black Graf von Geldern at Nijmegen, Gueldres in May 1332. They had two sons. In 1339, as a result of Reynold's rule, Gueldres was declared a duchy. When Reynold died in 1343, Eleanor served as regent for her nine year old son, Reynold III the Fat. During his reign, his brother Edward led an uprising, civil war broke out, and Edward imprisoned his elder brother while mother and sons fell out as well. She had founded Deventer Abbey to which she then retired. She died there at died at 36.
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