Joan was a daughter of Edward I and his queen Eleanor of Castile and was born at Acre in the spring of 1272. At different times of the day, or in different seasons, the light falling in the Abbey will ...

King of Castile and Leon, at Las Huelgas. It was a love match and the couple were inseparable until her death. They had four sons, including Edward II, and eleven daughters. Many of these died young, ...