ELEANOR OF CASTILE


Meaning of ELEANOR OF CASTILE in English

( c. 1245–90)

the Spanish wife of King Edward I of England. When she died, the king placed nine crosses along the route of her funeral procession, and three still survive at Northampton , Geddington and Waltham Cross. Another was at Charing Cross in London.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.