Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany
- Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany
Infobox British Royalty
princess
name = Eleanor
title = called "Fair Maid of Brittany"
royal house =House of Plantagenet
father = Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
mother = Constance, Duchess of Brittany
date of birth = c. 1184–5
date of death = death date|1241|8|10|df=yes (aged c. 54–58)
place of death = Corfe Castle, Dorset (or Bristol Castle)
place of burial = Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire|
Eleanor the "Fair Maid of Brittany" (c. 1184 – 10 August 1241) was the daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Upon the death of Richard I of England, a power struggle commenced between her younger brother Arthur I, Duke of Brittany and King John of England. At the Battle of Mirebeau, Arthur, Eleanor, and Arthur's knights were captured. Eleanor was imprisoned at Corfe Castle. Her brother Arthur was murdered.
Although she had (by modern standards) a better claim to the throne than the children of John, she was passed over, still captive, in favour of Henry III, John's son, who was crowned in 1216.
Eleanor died in 1241, still a prisoner at Corfe Castle, and was buried at Amesbury Abbey.
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