Eleanor, Countess of Bar

Eleanor, Countess of Bar, daughter of Edward I and his queen Eleanor of Castile, was buried in Westminster Abbey but the location is unknown. She was born in June 1269 and in 1293 married in Bristol Henri III, Count of Bar. They had a son and possibly two daughters. She died at Ghent in August 1298.

Her parents have tombs in the chapel of St Edward the Confessor in the Abbey. Three young brothers, John, Henry and Alphonso and young sisters Joan and Berengaria were also buried in the Abbey.

Further reading

"Edward I" by M. Prestwich, 1997