Queen Eleanor De AQUITAINE

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From Encyclopedia Britannica Online, article titled Eleanor of Aquitaine:

"also called ELEANOR OF GUYENNE, French ?EL?EONORE, OR ALI?ENOR, D'AQUITAINE, OR DEGUYENNE, queen consort of both Louis VII of France (in 1137-52) and Henry II of England (in 1152-1204) and mother of Richard I the Lion-Heart and John of England. She was perhaps the most powerful woman in 12th-century Europe.

"She died in 1204 at the monastery at Fontevrault, Anjou, where she had retired after the campaign at Mirebeau. Her contribution to England extended beyond her own lifetime; after the loss of Normandy (1204), it was her own ancestral lands and not the old Norman territories that remained loyal to England. She has been misjudged by many French historians who have noted only her youthful frivolity, ignoring the tenacity, political wisdom, and energy that characterized the years of her maturity. "She was beautiful and just, imposing and modest, humble and elegant"; and, as the nuns of Fontevrault wrote in their necrology: a queen "who surpassed almost all the queens of the world."ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE (1122-1204) was one of the most important rulers of Medieval Europe.

Many noblewomen in the Middle Ages were well-educated. but Eleanor had the chance to use her education at a time when European politics was dominated by men.

When she was just fifteen, Eleanor's father died, and she inherited Aquitaine. the largest kingdom in France. That same year she married King Louis VII and became Queen of France. Although still a teenager, Eleanor was an impressive figure--beautiful, very well-educated, and fearlessly independent.
When Louis went off on the Crusades, she went with him, traveling thousands of miles, much of it through hostile lands.

But Eleanor and Louis had no male heir, and tensions developed between them. The Pope granted them a divorce when Eleanor was twenty-nine. Within months. Eleanor married Henry Plantagent, her ex-husband's main rival. Two years later Henry became King of England--and Eleanor was a queen again.

However, Henry soon fell in love with another woman, and Eleanor left England to set up her own court in Aquitaine, which she still ruled. Troubadours from all over France flocked to her palace at Poitiers, where Eleanor acted as patron of the arts. Many of the ideas of chivalry that we associate with the Middle Ages were developed in Eleanor's court..

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Some say King Lewis carried her into the Holy Land, where she carried herself not very holily, but led a licentious life; and, which is the worst kind of licentiousness, in carnal familiarity with a Turk.

Birth:
Some sources states that she was born in 1123.

Family/Spouse: Prince Of Antioch Raymond I DE POITIERS, Prince Of Antioch. Raymond was born about 1100; died on 27 Jun 1149. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eleanor married Louis VII "The Younger" CAPET, King Of France on 25 Jul 1137 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France. Louis (son of Louis "The Fat" VI CAPET, King Of France and Alix (Adbelahide) Countess Of SAVOY, of Maurienne) was born in 1120 in Rheims, Champagne, France; died on 18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Isle DE France, France; was buried on 19 Sep 1180 in Abbey Barbeaux, Melun, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Agnes CAPET was born about 1138; and died.
2. Mary (Marie) CAPET, Of France was born in 1145 in France; died on 11 Mar 1197-1198.

Eleanor married King Henry II PLANTAGENET on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France. Henry (son of Count Geoffrey V "Le Bon" PLANTAGENET and Emporess Maud Matilda ANGEVIN, Queen Of England) was born on 5 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Chinon Castle, Chinon, Indre-Et-Lr, France; was buried on 8 Jul 1189 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1. Duke Of Brittany Geoffrey Of ENGLAND, Duke Of Brittany died in 1185.
2. Prince William PLANTAGENET, Of Poiters was born on 17 Aug 1153 in Rouen, Normandie, France; died about Apr 1156 in Willingford Castle, Reading, Berkshire, England; was buried in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England.
3. Henry Prince Of ENGLAND was born on 28 Mar 1155 in Bermandsey Palace, London, England; died on 11 Jun 1183 in Chcateau DE Mortel, Turenne, Aquitaine; was buried in , Rouen, Normandie.
4. Princess Matilda PLANTAGENET, Of England was born in Jun 1156 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; died on 28 Jun 1189 in Brunswick, Germany; was buried in Brunswick Cathedral, Brunswick, Germany.
5. King Richard I "The Lionhearted" Of PLANTAGENET, Of England was born on 8 Sep 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxfordshire, England; died on 6 Apr 1199 in Killed By Arrow In Battle, Chalus, Limousin, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France.
6. Duke Geoffrey PLANTAGENET, Of Brittany was born on 23 Sep 1158 in England; died on 19 Aug 1186 in Paris, France; was buried in Notre Dame, Paris, France.
7. Philip Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 1160 in Of, , , England; died about 1160-1162 in , Infant.
8. Queen Alianor "Eleanor" PLANTAGENET was born on 13 Oct 1162 in Domfront Castle, Normandy; was christened in in , Domfront, Normandie; died on 25 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Burgos, Burgos, Spain; was buried in Abbey Of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain.
9. Princess Joan PLANTAGENET, Of Sicily was born in Oct 1165 in Angers Castle, Anjou, France; died on 4 Sep 1199 in Rouen, Normandie, France; was buried in Fontevraud, Anjou, England.
10. John "Lackland" King Of England PLANTAGENET was born on 24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 19 Oct 1216 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.

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Guillaume married Elbeanor De CHATELLERAULT in 1121 in Of, , , France. Elbeanor (daughter of Aimeri I Viscount Of CHATELLERAULT and Dangereuse (Aka) Maubergeonne De L' ISLE BOUCHARD) was born about 1103 in , Chatellerault, Poitou, Aquitaine; died after Mar 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Guillaume married Philippa (Mathilde Or Maude), Countess Of TOULOUSE in 1094 in France. Philippa (daughter of Guillaume IV Count Of TOULOUSE and Mathilde Countess Of TOULOUSE) was born about 1073 in , , Toulouse, France; died on 28 Nov 1117. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Aimeri married Dangereuse (Aka) Maubergeonne De L' ISLE BOUCHARD. Dangereuse (daughter of Barthelemy De L' ISLE BOUCHARD and Gerberge DE BLAISON) was born in 1079 in Of, , Isle Bouchard, France; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Guillaume married Hildegarde, Princess Of FRANCE in 1068 in France. Hildegarde, was born about 1049 in Of, Bourgogne, Marne, France; died after 1104. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Guillaume married Mathilde Countess Of TOULOUSE. Mathilde was born about 1052 in Of, , , France; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Boson married Aleanor (Eleanor) De THOUARS. Aleanor was born in 1054 ? in Of, Thouars, Deux-Sevres, France; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Barthelemy married Gerberge DE BLAISON about 1077. Gerberge (daughter of Eon DE BLAISON, Lord of Blaison and Tcheletis of Trier) was born in 1053 in Of, Isle Bouchard, , France; died in 1109 in l'Isle Bouchard, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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