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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 ...
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The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical drama centred on Henry II of England and his attempt to establish a line of succession during a family gathering at Christmas 1183. His efforts unleash both political and personal turmoil among his estranged wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their three surviving sons, the French king, and the king's half-sister Alais, who is Henry's mistress.
In the Middle Ages, the marriage of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine opened the Bordeaux region to the English market and eventually to the world's stage. The Gironde estuary and its tributaries , the Garonne and the Dordogne rivers play a pivotal role in the history and success of this region.
The story begins with the return of Eleanor of Aquitaine from the Crusades with her monkish husband, Louis of France. She begins an affair with Geoffrey, Duke of Normandy, who has a secret motive to make her his spy in the French court. Although Geoffrey has ulterior intents, their affair becomes passionate.
Amy Ruth Kelly was born on May 5, 1877, in Port Clinton, Ohio, the oldest of three children of Malcolm Kelly and Susan Smith Kelly. [2] [3] Kelly completed her bachelor's degree at Oberlin College, her master's at Wellesley College, and capped her education with a stint at Harvard Summer School and a trip to France.
King Henry II. King Henry II had been ruling England, Normandy, and Anjou since 1154, while his wife Queen Eleanor ruled the vast territory of Aquitaine since 1137. In 1173 Henry had four legitimate sons (from oldest to youngest): Henry, called the "Young King", Richard (later called "the Lionheart"), Geoffrey, and John ("Lackland"), all of whom stood to inherit some or all of these possessions.
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204) was Queen-consort of France from 1137 to 1152, then of England from 1154 to 1189. She earned the nickname because her descendants included royalty in England, France, Denmark, Castile, and Sicily, among other kingdoms.