Eleanora of Wintershold

Queen Eleanora of Wintershold is a minor character mentioned throughout the Princess and the Guardian series. She is the wife of King Frederick II, mother of Cormac and Edmund Guirshire, and youngest daughter of Arthor Conwyn, Lord of Wintershold. Eleanora died in the final years of Magnos's War but regularly appears in her son's dreams throughout the novels.

Background
Eleanora is the youngest child of Lord Arthor Conwyn and Lady Elyra Addinell, sister of Abriel, Ryon, and Alissa Conwyn. Due to her growing up in the northernmost provinces of Aldhaven, she is quite accustomed to cold weather and finds Aldhaven to be strangely warm.

Book I
Eleanora is introduced in Edmund's first dream, in which he discovers his tower at Aldhaven to be pilfered through. With trepidation, he approaches two figures on his balcony: Eleanora, his mother, and Cormac, his brother - both of whom have already died. With Eleanora's blessing, Cormac places the Aldhavish Crown upon Edmund's head.