Eleanor Of Aragon, Queen Of Castile
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Eleanor of Aragon (20 February 1358 – 13 August 1382) was the daughter of King
Peter IV of Aragon Peter IV (Catalan: ''Pere IV d'Aragó;'' Aragonese; ''Pero IV d'Aragón;'' 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: ''El Cerimoniós''; Aragonese: ''el Ceremonioso''), was from 1336 until his death the king of ...
and Eleanor of Sicily. She was a member of the
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and Queen of Castile by her marriage..


Family

Eleanor was the youngest child and only daughter of her father by his third marriage. Eleanor was a sister of John I of Aragon and Martin of Aragon. She was a half-sister of Constance, Queen of Sicily, Joanna, Countess of Ampurias and Isabella, Countess of Urgell.


Marriage

At Soria on the 18 June 1375, Eleanor married John I of Castile. Her marriage was arranged as part of the arrangements for peace between
Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...
and Castile agreed at Almazán on the 12 April 1374 and at
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on the 10 May 1375. Eleanor and John were married for seven years, in which time they had three children: # Henry (4 October 1379 – 25 December 1406), succeeded his father as King of Castile #
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(27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416), became
King of Aragon This is a list of the kings and queens of Aragon. The Kingdom of Aragon was created sometime between 950 and 1035 when the County of Aragon, which had been acquired by the Kingdom of Navarre in the tenth century, was separated from Navarre in ...
in 1412 #Eleanor (b. 13 August 1382), died young After seven years of marriage on 13 August 1382, Eleanor died giving birth to her daughter and namesake Eleanor, who died young. Eleanor's son Ferdinand later claimed his mother's rights on the Kingdom of Aragon when both of Eleanor's brothers died without surviving sons. File:Coat of Arms of Eleanor of Aragon as Queen of Castile.svg, Coat of arms and shield of Eleanor of Aragon as Queen Consort of Castile


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