Early Life and Family
Eleanor was the second of eight children, all of them living to adulthood apart from a brother and sister, John and Violante. Eleanor's siblings included: Frederick III the Simple, Euphemia, Constance (both regents of Sicily), Beatrice, wife of Rupert II, Elector Palatine, Louis of Sicily and Blanche, Countess of Ampurias.
Eleanor's paternal grandparents were Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou, daughter of Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary. Eleanor's maternal grandparents were Otto III of Carinthia and his wife Euphemia of Legnica, daughter of Henry V, Duke of Legnica and Elisabeth of Kalisz.
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