Fan Casting Leonora of England, Queen of Castile in Robin Hood and the House of Plantagenet (TV-Series)

Sister of King Richard, Prince John and Joan, half-sister of Geoffrey and William, daughter of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and the late King Henry II, wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile. The Queen of Castile and a vital diplomatic anchor for the Plantagenet empire in the south. Like her mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is a formidable strategist who has turned her Spanish court into a center of power and influence. While her brothers fight for the crown in the north, she secures the Pyrenees, ensuring Castile remains a loyal bulwark for Richard’s interests. She is a master of soft power, grooming her daughters for the great thrones of Europe while maintaining a stabilizing influence over the family’s southern alliances. In a dynasty defined by chaos, Leonora provides the calculated, long-term vision necessary to keep the Angevin network from unraveling.