Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany

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Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany was a high-born Anglo-Norman noblewoman and long-imprisoned Plantagenet princess whose claim to the English throne made her a significant, though politically sidelined, figure in early 13th-century dynastic struggles.

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Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Norman noble ⓘ
Plantagenet princess ⓘ
claimant to the English throne ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval noblewoman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eleanor of Brittany ⓘ
Fair Maid of Brittany ⓘ
associatedWith Anglo-Norman realm ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans

Duchy of Brittany ⓘ
aunt Joan of England, Queen of Sicily ⓘ
Matilda, Duchess of Saxony ⓘ
birthDate c. 1184 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of England ⓘ
burialPlace Amesbury Priory ⓘ
causeOfDetention dynastic claim to the English throne ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 10 August 1241 ⓘ
detainedBy Henry III of England ⓘ
John, King of England ⓘ
linked to: John of England
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
father Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
grandfather Henry II of England ⓘ
grandmother Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
hadChildren no ⓘ
imprisonmentEnd 1241 ⓘ
imprisonmentStart c. 1202 ⓘ
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
maritalStatus never married ⓘ
mother Constance, Duchess of Brittany ⓘ
name Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Plantagenet ⓘ
nobleTitle Plantagenet princess ⓘ
Princess of Brittany ⓘ
linked to: Duchess of Brittany
notableFor being a prominent but sidelined claimant in early 13th-century English succession disputes ⓘ
spending most of her adult life in royal captivity ⓘ
placeOfDetention Bristol Castle ⓘ
Corfe Castle ⓘ
Gloucester ⓘ
Marlborough ⓘ
politicalRole potential heir of Richard I of England ⓘ
rival dynastic claimant to King John of England ⓘ
politicalStatus long-term royal prisoner ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling Arthur I, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
uncle Geoffrey, Archbishop of York ⓘ
John, King of England ⓘ
linked to: John of England

Richard I of England ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany → sibling → Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ⓘ
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany → child → Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ⓘ
Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany → name → Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ⓘ
Arthur I of Brittany → sibling → Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ⓘ
Constance, Duchess of Brittany → child → Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ⓘ
Matilda of Brittany → sibling → Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ⓘ
Matilda of Brittany → notableRelative → Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany ⓘ