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France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow until her ...
Aénor of Châtellerault (also known as Aénor de Rochefoucauld; c. 1103 – March 1130) was Duchess of Aquitaine as the wife of Duke William X and the mother of the powerful Eleanor of Aquitaine. Aénor was a daughter of Aimery I, Viscount of Châtellerault, and his wife, Dangereuse of L'Île-Bouchard (d. 1151). Most likely named after her ...
Under Chlothar II, Aquitaine was again an integral part of Francia, but after Chlothar's death in 629, his heir Dagobert I granted a subkingdom in southern Aquitaine to his younger brother Charibert II. This subkingdom, consisting of Gascony and the southern fringe of Aquitaine proper, is conventionally known as "Aquitaine" and forms the ...
Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse; Berengaria of Navarre: Sancho VI of Navarre between 1165 and 1170 12 May 1191 6 April 1199 husband's death: 23 December 1230 Richard I: Isabella of Angoulême: Aymer, Count of Angoulême c. 1187 24 August 1200 18 or 19 October 1216 husband's death: 31 May 1246 John I: Eleanor of Provence
Death Spouse; Matilda of England: Henry I of England 7 February 1101 17 June 1128 before 2 June 1129 husband's ascension: 7 September 1151 husband's death: 10 September 1167 Geoffrey V: Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine: William X, Duke of Aquitaine 1122 18 May 1152 6 July 1189 husband's death: 1 April 1204 Henry I: Margaret of France
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137–1204), daughter of William X, also Countess of Poitiers and Duchess of Gascony, married the kings of France and England in succession. Louis the Younger (1137–1152), also King of France, duke in right of his wife. Homage of Edward I of England (kneeling) to Philip IV of France (seated), by Jean Fouquet. As Duke of ...
Eleanor became fatherless at the age of two and was brought up by her uncle Richard I, King of England and grandmother Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine. [2] By the death of her father she was the first in line of Breton succession, so Philip II of France asked for her wardship but Henry II took it in advance, while the birth of her posthumous brother removed her status as the first heiress.
She was the seventh child of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. From her birth, she was destined to make a political and royal marriage. She married William II of Sicily and later Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, two very important and powerful figures in the political landscape of Medieval Europe.