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On this day, October 13, 1162 ~ Birth of Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, at Domfront Castle in the Duchy of Normandy
Eleanor of England married Alfonso VIII of Castile in 1170 when she was 10 years old and received as part of her dowry the Castles of castles of Burgos and Castrojeriz , Amaya , Avia, Saldaña , Monzón de Campos ,Carrión de los Condes , Dueñas , Tariego de Cerrato , Cabezón, Medina del Campo , Astudillo , Aguilar and Villaescusa.
The queen also founded the Cistercian Las Huelgas Monastery in Burgos,both Eleanor and her husband were later buried here.