Biography of Eleanor Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon -1244

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Eleanor Ivrea was born to [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 31st August 1158 [her grandfather] Sancho III King Castile (age 24) died. His son [her father] Alfonso (age 2) succeeded VIII King Castile.

Before 17th September 1177 [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile (age 21) and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile (age 15) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 44) and [her grandmother] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 55). He the son of [her grandfather] Sancho III King Castile and [her grandmother] Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile. They were half fourth cousins.

In 1197 [her brother-in-law] Alfonso IX King Leon (age 25) and [her sister] Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile (age 41) and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile (age 35). He the son of Ferdinand II King Leon and Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon (age 49). They were first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

23rd May 1200 [her brother-in-law] King Louis VIII of France (age 12) and [her sister] Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 12) were married. She the daughter of [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile (age 44) and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile (age 38). He the son of King Philip II of France (age 34) and Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1206 [her brother-in-law] Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal (age 20) and [her sister] Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile (age 50) and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile (age 44). He the son of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 51) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. They were second cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 26th March 1211 Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 56) died. His son [her brother-in-law] Alfonso (age 25) succeeded II King Portugal. [her sister] Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal (age 23) by marriage Queen Consort Portugal.

On 5th October 1214 [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile (age 58) died. He was buried at Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas [Map]. His son [her brother] Henry (age 10) succeeded I King Castile.

On 31st October 1214 [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile (age 53) died at Burgos [Map]. She was buried at Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas [Map].

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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In 1215 [her brother] Henry I King Castile (age 10) and [her sister-in-law] Mafalda Burgundy Queen Consort Castile (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile. They were second cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1216 [her brother] Henry I King Castile (age 11) and [her sister-in-law] Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Castile (age 25) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of [her brother-in-law] Alfonso IX King Leon (age 44) and Theresa of Portugal Queen Consort Leon (age 40). He the son of [her father] Alfonso VIII King Castile and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile. They were second cousins. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 6th June 1217 [her brother] Henry I King Castile (age 13) was killed by a tile falling of a roof. He was buried at Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas [Map]. His sister [her sister] Berengaria (age 38) succeeded I Queen Castile.

On 31st August 1217 [her sister] Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile (age 38) abdicated I King Castile. Her son [her nephew] Ferdinand (age 18) succeeded III King Castile.

On 3rd November 1220 [her sister] Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal (age 33) died.

On 14th July 1223 King Philip II of France (age 57) died. His son [her brother-in-law] Louis (age 35) succeeded VIII King France: Capet. [her sister] Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 35) by marriage Queen Consort of France.

In 1229 [her son] Alfonso Barcelona was born to James I King Aragon (age 20) and Eleanor Ivrea . He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married 23rd March 1260 Constance Béarn.

In 1244 Eleanor Ivrea died.

James I King Aragon and Eleanor Ivrea were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon. She the daughter of Alfonso VIII King Castile and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile. He the son of Peter II King Aragon and Marie Montpellier Queen Consort Aragon. They were half second cousins. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.