Eleanora of Caldia

Eileanóra Uí Mealla
Religious work depicting Elanora (1886), painted by Viktor Krachewsky and located in Drisina Cathedral.
Queen of Maltaire
Reign	949–970
Successor	Flaithbheartach Uí Mealla
Queen of the Uí Mealla
Reign	943–970
Predecessor	Eiric Uí Mealla
Successor	Flaithbheartach Uí Mealla
Born	920 or 921 Clóghál, Uí Mealla (present-day Cloghel, County Sackmannan, Caldia)
Died	970 (aged 49–51) Drisína, Kingdom of Maltaire (present-day Drisina, Narozalica)
Spouse	Lachlainn or Gillechrìosd
Issue	Flaithbheartach Finnean Muirgheal Máirín
House	Uí Mealla
Father	Eiric Uí Mealla
Mother	Aithbhreac Ó Broin
Religion	Solarian Catholic Church

Eileanóra Uí Mealla, often referred to posthumously and historically as Eleanora of Caldia was a Ghaillish marauder who raided and conquered the city of Drisina as head of the Uí Mealla clan, establishing the Kingdom of Maltaire in modern-day Narozalica, eventually rising to becoming one of the most powerful marauder kingdoms during the height of the Marauder Age.

Eleanora was born to Uí Mealla chief Eiric Uí Mealla as his sole daughter in 920 or 921, in the city of Clóghál (now Cloghel), the largest city in the Uí Mealla demesne. When her father died in 943, she ascended to the throne of the Uí Mealla, continuing her father's marauder legacy by raiding the coasts of the Perovo Sea. Likely commanding her own long fada, although this is disputed, Eleanora raided, sieged and overran the city of Drisina, then under the administration of Marolevic tribes shortly after the fall of the Great Vesemir in Narozalica. Eleanora established the Kingdom of Maltaire in 949 and became its first queen, encouraging migration from the Uí Mealla, a small clan dissatisfied with their status under the Ghaillish kings. Eleanora greatly expanded the lands of Maltaire during her reign, elevating it to a significant position of power among the North Sea nations and becoming one of the most powerful marauder kingdoms, with a formidable navy that was likely the largest marauder navy ever built.

Eleanora died in 970, in Drisina, with four children – Flaithbheartach, Finnean, Muirgheal and Máirín – of which she was succeeded by the former. Historians debate whether her husband was the legendary marauder figure Lachlainn or Gillechrìosd, who is mentioned by Karopophores as her husband in the 959 Codex Maroleviæ. She is a controversial figure in Narozalica, who recognise her as an important figure of their national history, while marauder historians laud her for her ability to quickly establish one of the most powerful states of its era.