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	Royalty.nu - Angevin Royal History - Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England and France
		Eleanor of Aquitaine by Marion Meade is a biography with a feminist point of view.
		Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of the Troubadours by Jean Markale.
		Eleanor of Aquitaine: Heroine of the Middle Ages by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/England/Angevin/Eleanor.html (2466 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eleanor's reputation was further sullied by her supposed affair with her uncle Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch.
		Eleanor and Henry were half, third cousins through their common ancestor Ermengarde of Anjou (wife to Robert I, Duke of Burgundy and Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais).
		Eleanor died in 1204 and was entombed in Fontevraud Abbey near her husband Henry and son Richard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine (3303 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		William x of aquitaine (1099 — april 9, 1137), nicknamed the saint was duke of aquitaine and gascony and count of poitiers as william viii...
		Petronilla of aquitaine, (circa 1125 -- 1153) born the daughter of william x of aquitaine and aenor of châtellerault....
		Leonora of aquitaine (october 13, 1162 - october 31, 1214), was born as princess eleanor of england and became leonora, queen of castile....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/el/eleanor_of_aquitaine.htm (4256 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eleanor of Aquitaine [actually ‘Alia-Aenor’, meaning ‘the other Aenor’], the eldest of three children, was born in France [possibly in the Chateau de Belin, near Bordeaux] in 1122.
		She was the daughter of William X [Guillaume X], the last duke of Aquitaine [and count of Poitiers] and the tenth duke of that name to inherit the duchy of Aquitaine.
		Eleanor of Aquitaine Supports her Sons Against Henry II Eleanor of Aquitaine returned to London in 1173 where she supported Richard the Lion-Hearted, and his brothers, against Henry II of England.
	www.french-at-a-touch.com /French_History/eleanor_of_aquitaine.htm (1108 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Eleanor of Aquitaine
		William X of Aquitaine (1099 â€“ April 9, 1137), nicknamed the Saint was Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitiers as William VIII of Poitiers between 1126 and 1137.
		William IX of Aquitaine (October 22, 1071 â€“ February 10, 1126, also Guillaume or Guilhem dAquitaine), nicknamed the Troubador was Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitiers as William VII of Poitiers between 1086 and 1126.
		eleanor of Aquitaine, effigy on tomb in fontevrault abbey The copyright status of this vintage image is undetermined; it may still be copyrighted.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine (7261 words)

	ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE - LoveToKnow Article on ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Louis, who had hoped that Aquitaine would descend to his daughters, was mortified and alarmed by the Angevin marriage; all the more so when Henry of Anjou succeeded to the English crown in 1154.
		Eleanor bore to her second husband five Sons and three daughters; John, the youngest of their children, was born in 1167.
		Eleanor, therefore, can hardly have been responsible for the death of this rival, and the romance of the poisoned bowl appears to be an invention of the next century.
	11.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EL/ELEANOR_OF_AQUITAINE.htm (607 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Her father was William, styled the Toulousan, of Aquitaine, the tenth duke of that name to inherit the Aquitaine; not surprisingly, William X was the son of Eleanor's living grandfather, William IX, styled the Troubadour.
		Eleanor's ancestors had been able to ignore their king with impugnity for generations although, in fact, the economic and political decline of the Aquitaine had begun during the rule of Eleanor's illustrious grandfather, William the Troubadour who made, in our terms, some bad business and investment decisions during his life.
		Eleanor’s marriage to Henry II is the event that transformed the Dukes of Normandy (and Kings of England) into the rulers of the Angevin Empire, so she’s important to the story.
	www.lynnabbey.com /html/eleanor_of_aquitaine.htm (2215 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine - Notable Women Ancestors
		Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204), renowned for her cultivated intelligence and great beauty, was queen to two kings and mother of two others.
		Heiress of the duchy of Aquitaine, the orphaned Eleanor was married to Louis VII King of France in 1137 at age 15, bringing into the union her vast possessions from the River Loire to the Pyrenees.
		Eleanor, furious, announced to one and all that their marriage was not valid in the eyes of God, for they were distantly related to an extent prohibited by the Church.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nwa/aquit.html (1387 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eleanor bore Henry three daughters and five sons, and two of the latter, Richard I and John, became kings of England.
		Eleanor’s court at Poitiers was the scene of much artistic activity and was noted for its cultivation of courtly manners and the concept of courtly love.
		In literature Eleanor has appeared as the jealous murderess of the “fair Rosamond,” but she was apparently innocent of this crime.
	www.bartleby.com /65/el/EleanorA.html (382 words)

	ALA \| Eleanor of Aquitaine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine is sitting on a cloud surrounded by friends and family, waiting for the arrival of her second husband, King Henry II of England.
		Eleanor had had some Hell to pay as well, but because she had been a lover and promoter of the arts, and because musicians, artists, and poets greatly influenced the admissions policies of Heaven, Eleanor ascended to the Kingdom of Heaven two centuries after her death.
		But Eleanor was bored and felt that her life was "silent and without color." It was while on Crusade that Louis and Eleanor began to grow apart and, in 1152, they separated.
	www.ala.org /ala/booklinksbucket/eleanoraquitaine.htm (1845 words)

	Female Hero: Eleanor of Aquitaine (Women in World History Curriculum)
		Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most powerful and fascinating personalities of feudal Europe.
		The presence of Eleanor, her ladies and wagons of female servants, was criticized by commentators throughout her adventure.
		Eleanor, furious, announced to one and all that their marriage was not valid in the eyes of God, for they were related through some family connections to an extent prohibited by the Church.
	www.womeninworldhistory.com /heroine2.html (519 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE [Eleanor of Aquitaine], 1122?-1204, queen consort first of Louis VII of France and then of Henry II of England.
		Nicole Kidman is to star as Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of both Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, in a big-budget Hollywood film of the medieval English court.(Brief Article)
		Archive Photos 01-01-1940 Queen Eleanor of AquitaineAfter her fifteen marriage to King Louis VII of France was annulled in 1152, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine married King Henry II of England in 1154, thus becoming one of the few monarchs in history to reign in two different countries.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/e/eleanora1.asp (624 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eleanor not only read and listened to such legends, but equally encouraged the composition of romances about her, presenting a problem for biographers that has only recently come under close scrutiny.
		The editor places Eleanor "at the heart of an entire civilization", referring both to her political role in the rise of the Plantagenet kingdom and the centrality of her court in the cultural renaissance of the 12th century.
		Owen agrees with recent scholarly trends that reject traditional claims of Eleanor's having died "a disillusioned woman, saddened by a sense of ultimate failure", instead speculating that she may well have regarded herself the opposite, conscious of her own prominent role in the shaping of Europe's destiny.
	www.kings.edu /womens_history/eleanor.html (2102 words)

	Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
		Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most fascinating personalities of Medieval Europe.
		Eleanor of Aquitaine ranks among the greatest of female rulers.
		Eleanor was a very intelligent woman; many considered her superior in intellect than her husband.
	ut.essortment.com /eleanoraquitain_rehd.htm (476 words)

	Eleanor Of Aquitaine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eleanor of Aquitaine (about 1122 - April 1, 1204) was one of the most powerful people of the Middle Ages and the richest and most powerful woman in Europe during her lifetime.
		When Eleanor was born she was named after her mother and called "Alia Aenor", which in their language meant "other Aenor", but it became "Eleanor" in English.
		Eleanor died in 1204 and was entombed in Fontevraud Abbey near her husband Henry and her son Richard.
	www.wikiverse.org /eleanor-of-aquitaine (1090 words)

	ORB Bibliographies: Eleanor of Aquitaine
		Images of Eleanor of Aquitaine are refracted through the lenses of 'history, legend and literature' in Owen's novel approach to his subject.
		Brooke, Christopher, 'The Marriage of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine', The Historian 20 (1988):3-8.
		An argument for Eleanor's importance as a patron of vernacular romance which is based largely on the hypothetical influence of narrative literature at the court of Constantinople, visited by Eleanor during the Second Crusade.
	www.the-orb.net /bibliographies/eleanor.html (1990 words)

	Eleanor Of Aquitaine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		She was the daughter and heir of the imperious William X, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers, who possessed the largest domains in northwest Europe, indeed larger than those held by the king of France.
		Eleanor, on cue, illuminated her predicament, explaining that her husband's infrequent visits to her bed accounted for the fruitlessness of their union.
		Schama notes, "It was rumored that Geoffrey of Anjou had personally verified Eleanor's appetite for passion before recommending her to his son." Be this as it may, 30-year-old Eleanor and 18-year-old Henry felt passionately attracted to one another.
	historynet.com /bh/bleleanor (795 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eleanor of Aquitaine proves herself a potent match for the lives and events she touched and was touched by: kings, priests, poets, husbands, children, Crusaders.
		If you are serious about understanding Eleanor of Aquitaine, I would strongly recommended this book and the one by Weir as the two books that will covered her life with justice and with completeness.
		Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, was one of the most important and influential personalities of the Middle Ages and she t...
	www.freeglossary.com /p:0674242548 (651 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God, Queen of England: Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eleanor of Aquitaine is a vivacious but scholarly book with extensive notes and references appended, giving an objective and rich account of the staunch Eleanor, her feuding family and her complex and unstable world.
		Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, was married twice - first to Louis VII of France, then to the future Henry II of England who was, at that time, embroiled in civil war against his usurping cousin King Stephen.
		Eleanor was married to two kings, mother of two kings and was a feudal lord of enormous tracts of land in her own right - in an age when women were seen as mere chattels to be disposed of as and when (and to whom) the men pleased, she is an inspiration and a one-off.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0712673172 (1461 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Eleanor of Aquitaine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Queen of France 1137–51 as wife of Louis VII, and of England from 1154 as wife of Henry II.
		She was the daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine, and was married 1137–52 to Louis VII of France, but the marriage was annulled.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Eleanor%20of%20Aquitaine (140 words)

	Female Hero: Eleanor of Acquitaine After The Crusades (Women in World History Curriculum)
		Eleanor was wealthy because she was heiress of the duchy of Aquitaine, one of the greatest fiefs in Europe.
		Eleanor also, when almost seventy, rode over the Pyrenees to collect her candidate to be Richard's wife, (Berengaria, the daughter of King Sancho the Wise of Navarre).
		Eleanor died in 1204 at her favorite religious house, the abbey of Fontevrault, where she had retreated to find peace during various moments of her life.
	www.womeninworldhistory.com /EofAreturns.html (894 words)

	Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Who2 Profile
		Eleanor of Aquitaine was the consort of Louis VII of France, then of Henry II of England, and two of her sons (Richard and John) went on to become kings of England.
		They each brought land and power to the marriage, but she threatened Henry's power and even urged three sons into an unsuccessful revolt in 1173.
		Henry stuck Eleanor in prison for fifteen years, but in 1189 she helped her son Richard ("The Lion-Hearted") to the throne, and for many years ruled in his absence.
	www.who2.com /eleanorofaquitaine.html (159 words)

	The Musical Influence of Eleanor of Aquitaine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most significant historical figures of the middle ages.
		Eleanor's grandfather, William IX of Aquitaine, was in fact the first known toubadour in history.
		Eleanor's impact as a patron of troubadour music was an essential accomplishment of her life, yet much of her musical influence is displaced by her political importance as a keystone figure in the medieval history of France and England; this is evident upon review of any historical text concerning her, including information on the Internet.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /Blair/Courses/MUSL242/johnspa1.htm (897 words)

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