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of Aquitaine, Queen Eleanor

Female 1122 - 1204  (81 years)


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  • Name of Aquitaine, Eleanor  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Title Queen 
    Religion Between 8 Jan 1122 and 7 Jan 1123  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Roman Catholicism 
    Birth 13 Dec 1122  Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Christening Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Appointments / Titles Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1205 
    comtesse, de Poitiers 
    Appointments / Titles Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1205 
    duchesse, d'Aquitaine 
    Appointments / Titles Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1205 
    duchesse, de Gascogne 
    Appointments / Titles Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1138 
    Duchy of Aquitaine 
    Appointments / Titles Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1153 
    Queen consort of France 
    Appointments / Titles Between 8 Jan 1154 and 7 Jan 1190 
    Queen consort of England 
    Death 7 Apr 1204  Mirabell Castle, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Burial 8 Apr 1204  Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Appointments / Titles Duchess 
    Appointments / Titles Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen of France, Queen of England 
    Appointments / Titles Princess 
    Appointments / Titles Queen of Aquitaine 
    Life Event m. 1 to Louis VII, King of France  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    FSID 99XF-Y5R 
    Occupation Duchess of Aquitaine 
    Burial Aft 7 Apr 1204  Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I25501  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Father of Aquitaine, WIlliam X,   b. 1099, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1137, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother de Châtellerault, Elaeanor,   b. 1103, Châtellerault, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 8 Mar and 7 Apr 1130, Talmont, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 27 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F9335  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Plantagenet, King of England Henry II,   b. 12 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Children 
     1. Plantagenet, King John Lackland of England,   b. 31 Dec 1166, Kings Manor House (Historical), Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F9334  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Dec 1122 - Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - - Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Apr 1204 - Mirabell Castle, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 8 Apr 1204 - Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 7 Apr 1204 - Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor/Éléonore; 1122 or 1124 – 1 April 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages and a member of the Ramnulfid dynasty of rulers in southwestern France. She became Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right while she was still a child, then later Queen consort of France (1137–1152) and of England (1154–1189). She was the patron of literary figures such as Wace, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, and Bernart de Ventadorn.

      Eleanor's succession to the duchy of Aquitaine in 1137 made her the most eligible bride in Europe. Three months after she became duchess, she married King Louis VII of France, son of her guardian, King Louis VI. As Queen of France, she participated in the unsuccessful Second Crusade. Soon after, Eleanor sought an annulment of her marriage, but her request was rejected by Pope Eugene III. However, after the birth of her second daughter Alix, Louis agreed to an annulment in consideration of her failure to bear a son after fifteen years of marriage. The marriage was annulled on 11 March 1152 on the grounds of consanguinity within the fourth degree. Their daughters were declared legitimate and custody was awarded to Louis, while Eleanor's lands were restored to her.

      As soon as the annulment was granted, Eleanor became engaged to Henry, Duke of Normandy, who became King Henry II of England in 1154. Henry was her third cousin (cousin of the third degree), and nine years younger. The couple married on 18 May 1152 (Whit Sunday), eight weeks after the annulment of Eleanor's first marriage, in a cathedral in Poitiers, France. Over the next thirteen years, she bore Henry eight children: five sons, three of whom would become kings; and three daughters. However, Henry and Eleanor eventually became estranged. Henry imprisoned her in 1173 for supporting her son Henry's revolt against her husband, and she was not released until 1189 when Henry died (on 6 July), and their son ascended the English throne as Richard I.

      Now queen dowager, Eleanor acted as regent while Richard went on the Third Crusade where he was captured and held prisoner. Eleanor lived well into the reign of her youngest son John. By the time of her death, she had outlived all her children except for King John and Queen Eleanor of Castile.

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