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Eleanor of Aquitaine 1122-1204

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Katherine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter (1968)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.



Eleanor of Aquitaine is said to have been smart and beautiful. She was also called Eleanor of Guyenne.

 

Financially Comfortable

Eleanor's father was William X from whom she inherited more land than the French king possessed. Then she married the French king. Just to be on the safe side.

 

A Brave Lady

And courageous the woman was. Together with husband Louis, she went on  Crusade from 1147 - 1149.

 

Eleanor's Family

Eleanor of Aquitaine was married to Louis VII of France from 1137 until 1152 and to  Henry II of England from 1152 until 1204.

Together with Louis, Eleanor had two daughters.


Her eight children with Henry were, and in this order:


William
(born August 1153, died December 1156)


Henry Jr.
(also called Henry the Young King, born in London on February 28, 1155. He would marry Margaret, daughter of Louis VII, the king of France and Constanza of Castile.)


Matilda
(born in 1156, who would marry Henry the Lion, the duke of Saxony, in 1168)


Richard I the Lionheart
(born at Oxford in September 1157)


Geoffrey IV
(born on September 23, 1158)


Eleanor Jr.
(born at Domfront in 1161, who would marry Alfonso, the king of Castile)


Joan
(born in October 1165)


John
(born around December 1167, probably at Oxford)



Eleanor's Politics

Eleanor supported her sons in a revolt against husband Henry.

She might or might not have even initiated the revolt. In any event, as a result of her involvement, she was captured by Henry while seeking refuge under her ex-husband's wings.

See also the Anglo-Norman Rebellion of 1173


Interestingly, Henry died soon after taking her prisoner. Eleanor was free to go and became more powerful, active, and successful in politics than ever.

[Eight hundred years later, David Jacobs realized that this family saga was in no way inferior to the one he had just made up.]


Eleanor was full of life and highly energetic, even in old age.


And here is the map.


England and France, 1152-1327
1152-1327 England and France



 

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