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Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany [a] (c. 1184 – 10 August 1241), also known as Damsel of Brittany, Pearl of Brittany, or Beauty of Brittany, was the eldest daughter of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, and Constance, Duchess of Brittany.
Eleanor of Brittany (1275 – 16 May 1342) was the sixteenth abbess of Fontevrault. She was born in England to John II, Duke of Brittany and Beatrice of England, and in 1281 at the age of seven entered Amesbury Priory in Wiltshire, a priory of the Fontevrault order (her first cousin, twice removed, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany is
24 gen 2015 · Eleanor of Brittany holds the sad record of being the longest imprisoned English royal in British history. If the laws of primogeniture had been strictly followed at the time, Eleanor would have been sovereign of England after her brother’s death.
10 ago 2020 · Eleanor of Brittany died at Bristol Castle, on 10 August 1241, at the age of about 57, after thirty-nine years of imprisonment, achieving in death, the freedom that had eluded her in life. She was initially buried at St James’s Priory church in Bristol but her remains were later removed to the abbey at Amesbury, as instructed in ...
The Fontevraud Gradual (often known as the Gradual of Eleanor of Brittany) is an antiphonary or gradual of the mid-13th century, owned by Eleanor of Brittany (d. 1342), abbess of Fontevraud Abbey, and bequeathed to the abbey on her death. [1]
4 giorni fa · Eleanor of Brittany was the daughter of Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, and Constance of Brittany, and the niece of King John. She was born in 1184, married to Arthur, Duke of Brittany, who was killed by John in 1202, and spent most of her life imprisoned by her uncle at Corfe Castle.
10 ago 2020 · Eleanor was the eldest daughter of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, and Constance, Duchess of Brittany. She was imprisoned by King John and his son Henry III for most of her life, despite her claim to the Angevin Empire and Brittany.
