Cook Family Ancestry Eleanor Maid of Brittany Plantagenet Countess of Richmond [8968] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Fitzempress Henry II Curtmantle King of England [2565]
(1133-1189)

Eleanor of Aquitaine Duchess of Aquitaine [2564]
(1122-1204)

Conan IV "la Petit" of Brittany Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond [8914]
(-1171)

Margaret of Huntingdon Countess of Hereford [8913]
(-1201)

Geoffrey II of Bretagne Plantagenet Duke of Brittany [3912]
(1158-1186)

Constance of Brittany Duchess of Brittany [3913]
(Abt 1161-1201)

Eleanor Maid of Brittany Plantagenet Countess of Richmond [8968]
(Abt 1185-1241)

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Eleanor Maid of Brittany Plantagenet Countess of Richmond [8968] ²⁴

Born: Abt 1185
Died: 12 Aug 1241, Corfe Castle, Dorset about age 56
Buried: Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire

bullet Cause of her death was starved to death.

bullet General Notes:

She was also said to have died at Bristol Castle. It is suggested that she
was murdered or starved to death. She spent most of her life in confinement
because her claim to the throne was better than King John's.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01873

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• Acceded, 27 May 1208.

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Eleanor Maid of Brittany Plantagenet Countess of Richmond [8968] ²⁴