A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Eleanor of England

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ELEANOR

Of England, surnamed the Saint, was the daughter of Berenger, the fifth Count of Provence. In the year 1236, she became the wife of King Henry the Third, and afterward the mother of Edward the First. After the death of her husband she entered the nunnery at Ambresbury, and lived there in the odour of sanctity. Her prayers were reputed to have the power of performing miracles.