    eleanor of england (; 13 october 1161abbreviationes chronicorum â 31 october 1214annales compostellani) was queen of castile and toledo as wife of alfonso viii of castile.crÃ³nica latina, anales toledanos she was the sixth child and second daughter of henry ii of england and eleanor of aquitainejosÃ© manuel cerda, the marriage of alfonso viii of castile and leonor plantagenet: the first bond between spain and england in the middle ages and received her first name as a namesake of her mother. she was born in the castle at domfront, normandy, and was baptised by henry of marcy. her half-siblings were marie and alix of france, and her full siblings were henry the young king, matilda, richard the lionheart, geoffrey, joan and john. ==queenship== when she was 14 years old, before 17 september 1177, eleanor was married to king alfonso viii of castile in burgos.weir, 64. the marriage had been ar
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