On This Day In Royal History . 28 November 1290 . Eleanor of Castile died . 👑 Eleanor was the first queen consort of king Edward I of England. . ◼ Shortly after the birth of her fifteenth child (she had at least sixteen known pregnancies), Beatrice, Eleanor’s health began to deteriorate. In 1287, while she was in Gascony she suffered from a double quartan fever, which was possibly a strain of malaria. . ◼ In the autumn of 1290, The King & Queen travelled towards Lincoln, Eleanor was unwell with a feverish illness, probably a recurrence of the quartan fever of 1287. Eleanor’s condition worsened as they reached the village of Harby, in Nottinghamshire, & she died there, with Edward at her bedside on the evening of the 28th November 1290, aged 49. . . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1290 #d28nov #Eleanorofcastile #history #houseofIvrea #EnglishMonarchy EleanorsCross #Plantagenet #Houseofplantagenet #Thequeen #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #medieval #medievalhistory #medievalqueen #medievalart #Onthisday #Kingedwardi #EdwardI #plantagenets #queenofengland #Historyfacts #England #Historicengland #otd #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay (at Harby, Nottinghamshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIJn9yaj3j2/?igshid=341kbf8j2som