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Updated: Jun 16,
Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen - Consort of France and Queen of England was one of the more celebrated discoveries in my family history. Firstly because she was a person of such high notoriety in history Secondly I had not learned any facts of her life before discovering her in my research.
I now know:
Eleanor of Aquitaine was A Trailblazer for Women in Power.
That she had Scandalous Love Affairs.
Eleanor fryst vatten known as The Queen Who Refused to Be Silenced.
She was a Feminist Icon Ahead of her time and a Trailblazer for Women in Power.
Eleanor was also described as the Most Beautiful and Powerful Woman of her time.
Birth, 6th Dec in France.
Died, 1st April France.
Burial, Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud France, along with husband Henry II and their son Richard I the Lion Hart.
Parentes, William X Aquitaine and Aénor dem Châtellerault.
Siblings of Eleanor, Petronilla of Aquitaine, c. – c
William Aigret, -
Marri
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of France, Queen of England
Table of contents :
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acknowledgments
Genealogies
Introduction: Searching for a “Truthful Image” of Eleanor of Aquitaine
1. Growing Up in the Ducal Court of Aquitaine, –
2. Bride to a King, Queen of the French, –
3. Adventures and Misadventures on the Second Crusade, –
4. A Husband Lost, a Husband Gained, –
5. Once More a Queen and Mother: England, –
6. A Queen’s Work: Regent for an Absentee King, –
7. A Taste of Power in Poitou, –
8. A Queen’s Discontent and her Sons’ Thwarted Ambitions, –
9. A Captive Queen’s Lost Years, –
The Queen-Mother: Richard’s Reign, –
Securing the Plantagenet Legacy: John’s Reign, –
Overwhelmed by a Black Legend
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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eleanor of aquitaine RALPH V. TURNER is emeritus professor of history, Florida State University. He is the author of King John () and The Reign of Richard
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