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Eleanor of Scotland
Archduchess consort of Austria
Tenure1449 - 1480
Born1433
Died20 November 1480
Burial
Stams
SpouseSigismund, Archduke of Austria
HouseStewart
FatherJames I of Scotland
MotherJoan Beaufort

Eleanor of Scotland (1433 – Innsbruck 20 November 1480) was a daughter of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort. She married Sigismund (1427–1496), a Habsburg Duke, then Archduke of Further Austria, and finally ruler of Tyrol (from 1446 to 1490).

Eleanor, like her two eldest sisters, inherited their father's love of literature. Her husband was not remarkable for learning and was ignorant of the French language, but he was fond of romances and works of fiction. The name of the archduchess is connected with the popular work entitled The History of the King's Son of Galicia, named Pontus, and the beautiful Sydonia (Pontus and Sidonia). Eleanor translated this work from French to German. The French original passed through several editions between c. 1480 and 1550.' A copy of the German translation, preserved in the library of Gotha, bears the date 1465. This book seems to have been circulated extensively.

Death

Eleanor died in childbirth with her son Wolfgang on 20 November 1480 and was buried in Stams.

Ancestry

Family of Eleanor of Scotland
16. Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland
8. Robert II of Scotland
17. Marjorie Bruce
4. Robert III of Scotland
18. Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan or Rawalla
9. Elizabeth Mure
19. Joan Cunningham[1] or Janet Mure of Ponkelly or Pokellie[2]
2. James I of Scotland
20. Sir Malcolm Drummond, 10th of Lennox
10. Sir John Drummond, 11th of Lennox
21. Margaret de Graham
5. Anabella Drummond
22. Sir William de Montifex
11. Mary Montifex
1. Eleanor of Scotland
24. Edward III of England
12. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
25. Philippa of Hainault
6. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
26. Paen de Roet
13. Katherine Roet
3. Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots
28. Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
14. Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
29. Joan of Kent
7. Margaret Holland
30. Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel
15. Alice FitzAlan
31. Eleanor of Lancaster

References

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  1. ^ McAndrew, Bruce A. (2006). Scotland's Historic Heraldry. Boydell Press. p. 173. ISBN 9781843832614.
  2. ^ "Person Page 10210". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 3 October 2012.

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