Eleanor was the daughter of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême.
She married Llewelyn ap Gruffydd by proxy in 1275.
Eleanor began the sea voyage from France to north Wales, avoiding making a land passage through England. The two ships carrying Eleanor, her brother Amaury and their entourage, sailing off the south coast of England, were captured by sailors from the port of Bristol, just off the Isles of Scilly. She was held prisoner at Windsor for nearly three years. In 1278, following the signing of the Treaty of Aberconwy, she was released.
Eleanor and Llywelyn were formally married at the cathedral door, as was the custom, of the cathedral church at Worcester, on the Feast Day of St Edward, 1278; Edward gave the bride, his cousin, away and paid for the wedding feast. Before the wedding mass was celebrated, Edward insisted that Llywelyn should put his seal to an adjustment to the agreement that they had previously made.
Following the ceremony, Eleanor became officially known as Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon.
Eleanor died in childbirth on June 19, 1282 at the royal home Garth Celyn, Aber Garth Celyn on the north coast of Gwynedd; her body was carried across the Lafan Sands to the Franciscan Friary of Llanfaes, Anglesey.
Llywelyn was killed on 11 December 1282. The child, Gwenllian of Wales, was captured the following year by the armies of King Edward I of England, and taken to be held at Sempringham Priory in Lincolnshire.
She married Llewelyn ap Gruffydd by proxy in 1275.
Eleanor began the sea voyage from France to north Wales, avoiding making a land passage through England. The two ships carrying Eleanor, her brother Amaury and their entourage, sailing off the south coast of England, were captured by sailors from the port of Bristol, just off the Isles of Scilly. She was held prisoner at Windsor for nearly three years. In 1278, following the signing of the Treaty of Aberconwy, she was released.
Eleanor and Llywelyn were formally married at the cathedral door, as was the custom, of the cathedral church at Worcester, on the Feast Day of St Edward, 1278; Edward gave the bride, his cousin, away and paid for the wedding feast. Before the wedding mass was celebrated, Edward insisted that Llywelyn should put his seal to an adjustment to the agreement that they had previously made.
Following the ceremony, Eleanor became officially known as Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon.
Eleanor died in childbirth on June 19, 1282 at the royal home Garth Celyn, Aber Garth Celyn on the north coast of Gwynedd; her body was carried across the Lafan Sands to the Franciscan Friary of Llanfaes, Anglesey.
Llywelyn was killed on 11 December 1282. The child, Gwenllian of Wales, was captured the following year by the armies of King Edward I of England, and taken to be held at Sempringham Priory in Lincolnshire.
Eleanor was the daughter of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême.
She married Llewelyn ap Gruffydd by proxy in 1275.
Eleanor began the sea voyage from France to north Wales, avoiding making a land passage through England. The two ships carrying Eleanor, her brother Amaury and their entourage, sailing off the south coast of England, were captured by sailors from the port of Bristol, just off the Isles of Scilly. She was held prisoner at Windsor for nearly three years. In 1278, following the signing of the Treaty of Aberconwy, she was released.
Eleanor and Llywelyn were formally married at the cathedral door, as was the custom, of the cathedral church at Worcester, on the Feast Day of St Edward, 1278; Edward gave the bride, his cousin, away and paid for the wedding feast. Before the wedding mass was celebrated, Edward insisted that Llywelyn should put his seal to an adjustment to the agreement that they had previously made.
Following the ceremony, Eleanor became officially known as Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon.
Eleanor died in childbirth on June 19, 1282 at the royal home Garth Celyn, Aber Garth Celyn on the north coast of Gwynedd; her body was carried across the Lafan Sands to the Franciscan Friary of Llanfaes, Anglesey.
Llywelyn was killed on 11 December 1282. The child, Gwenllian of Wales, was captured the following year by the armies of King Edward I of England, and taken to be held at Sempringham Priory in Lincolnshire.
She married Llewelyn ap Gruffydd by proxy in 1275.
Eleanor began the sea voyage from France to north Wales, avoiding making a land passage through England. The two ships carrying Eleanor, her brother Amaury and their entourage, sailing off the south coast of England, were captured by sailors from the port of Bristol, just off the Isles of Scilly. She was held prisoner at Windsor for nearly three years. In 1278, following the signing of the Treaty of Aberconwy, she was released.
Eleanor and Llywelyn were formally married at the cathedral door, as was the custom, of the cathedral church at Worcester, on the Feast Day of St Edward, 1278; Edward gave the bride, his cousin, away and paid for the wedding feast. Before the wedding mass was celebrated, Edward insisted that Llywelyn should put his seal to an adjustment to the agreement that they had previously made.
Following the ceremony, Eleanor became officially known as Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon.
Eleanor died in childbirth on June 19, 1282 at the royal home Garth Celyn, Aber Garth Celyn on the north coast of Gwynedd; her body was carried across the Lafan Sands to the Franciscan Friary of Llanfaes, Anglesey.
Llywelyn was killed on 11 December 1282. The child, Gwenllian of Wales, was captured the following year by the armies of King Edward I of England, and taken to be held at Sempringham Priory in Lincolnshire.
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