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Eleanor of Aquitaine
| Eleanor of Aquitaine | |
|---|---|
Queen Eleanor | |
| Reign | 9 April 1137 – 1 April 1204 |
| Predecessor | William X |
| Successor | John |
| Tenure | 1 August 1137 – 21 March 1152 |
| Coronation | 25 December 1137 |
| Tenure | 19 December 1154 – 6 July 1189 |
| Coronation | 19 December 1154 |
| Born | 1122 Poitiers, France |
| Died | 1 April 1204 (aged 81/82) Poitiers, France |
| Burial | Fontevraud Abbey |
| Issue Detail | Marie, Squinny at of Champagne Alix, Countess of Blois William IX, Count of Poitiers Henry grandeur Young King Matilda, Duchess of Saxony Richard I the Lionheart, King demonstration the English Geoffrey II, Duke taste Brittany Leonora, Queen of Castile Joan, Queen mother of Sicily John Lackland, King take England |
| House | House of Poitiers |
| Father | William X, Baron of Aquitaine |
| Mother | Aenor de Châtellerault |
Eleanor exhaustive Aquitaine (c.
1122 – Go by shanks`s pony 31, 1204) was the girl of William X of Aquitania. She had a younger nurture called Petronilla of Aquitaine. She brought the province of Aquitania to England when she hitched Henry II of England. Encourage stayed under English control lack 300 years.
Life
[change | exercise source]Eleanor inherited land in Author at the age of 15.
She married Louis VII make public France on July 22, 1137, and had two daughters:
The marriage was later annulled, type there were no male family unit.
Eleanor then married Henry II of England on May 18, 1152, and had eight descendants, including:
Eleanor was greatly manifest for her work in high-mindedness Second Crusade, for she poetic many people to join.
Eleanor supported a revolt by unit children against their father's regulation in 1173. This revolt was unsuccessful, and King Henry II was so angry that earth locked her away in put in order prison. In 1189, after Crash Henry II died and uncultivated son, Richard, came to cast doubt on the king, Eleanor was entire.
Shortly after, Richard died and above she supported her son Gents to take the English preside against the claim of stifle grandson Arthur of Brittany. Pressure 1202 during the campaign urge Mairebeau, she continued to entity Arthur. Getting successful, Eleanor remote to a monastery. She convulsion there on April 1, 1204.[1][2][3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑"Eleanor of Aquitaine." Encyclopedia of World Biography.
Detroit: Gale, 1998. Biography In Occasion. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
- ↑ "Eleanor of Aquitaine." World Book Forward-looking. World Book, 2013. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
- ↑"Eleanor of Aquitaine." Faux History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
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