Brief Life History of Eleanor
Eleanor was born about 1700, in Bettws, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Griffith Jones. She died on 18 February 1775, in her hometown, at the age of 76.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Eleanor - Church record: birth-name: Eleanor
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Name Meaning
From an Old French respelling of the Old Provençal name Alienor. This has sometimes been taken as a derivative of Helen , but it is more probably of Germanic derivation (the first element being ali ‘other, foreign’ the second is obscure). The name was introduced to England by Eleanor of Aquitaine ( 1122–1204 ), who came from Aquitaine in south-west France to be the wife of King Henry II . It was also borne by Eleanor of Provence, the wife of Henry III , and Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I .
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