Her birthplace may have been Poitiers, Bordeaux, or Nieul-sur-l'Autise, where her mother and brother died when Eleanor was 6 or 8.
E posibil ca nașterea ei să fi avut loc la Poitiers, Bordeaux sau Nieul-sur-l'Autise, unde mama ei a murit când Eleonor avea 6 sau 8 ani.