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  Leonora of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Queen Leonora (October 13, 1162 – October 31, 1214), was born as Princess Eleanor of England (and Aquitaine) and became Leonora, Queen of Castile as wife of Alfonso VIII.
She was the seventh child and second daughter of King Henry II of England and his wife Queen Alienor.
Leonora then took sick and died only twenty-eight days after her husband, and was buried at Abbey de las Huelgas, in Burgos.
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 eleanor of aquitaine
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.
She was married first to the French King Louis VII and then to the English King Henry II, a marriage that produced the two English kings Richard the Lionheart and John.
The eldest of their three children, she became heiress to the province of Aquitaine, largest and richest of the provinces that would become modern France, when her only brother died as a baby.
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 Leonora of Aquitaine - TheBestLinks.com - Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry II of England, Normandy, October 31, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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Princess Eleanor of England (October 13, 1161 - October 31, 1214), was also known as Leonora of Aquitaine and Leonora, Queen of Castile.
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 Encyclopedia: Edward I of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
He reigned from 1272 to 1307, ascending the throne of England on November 21, 1272 after the death of his father, King Henry III of England.
The Eleanor crosses were stone monuments in the shape of a cross that Edward I of England erected in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile at the twelve places where her funeral procession stopped overnight on its route from Harby, Lincolnshire, to Westminster Abbey in London in 1290.
Flag of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is a ceremonial official in the United Kingdom.
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 Leonora of Aquitaine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Leonora of Aquitaine (October 13, 1162 - October 31, 1214), was born as Princess Eleanor of England and became Leonora, Queen of Castile.
She was the seventh child and second daughter of King Henry II of England and his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Her godfather was the chronicler Robert of Torigny, who had a special interest in her and recorded her life as best he could.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/Leonora-of-Aquitaine.htm   (380 words)

  
 Leonora of Aquitaine: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Leonora of Aquitaine
Leonora of Aquitaine: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Leonora of Aquitaine
Princess Eleanor of England (October 13, 1162 - October 31, 1214), was also known as Leonora of Aquitaine and Leonora, Queen of Castile.
She was the sixth child and second daughter of King Henry II of England and his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Richard the Lionheart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
When his parents effectively separated, he remained in Eleanor's care, and was invested with her duchy of Aquitaine in 1168, and of Poitiers in 1172.
His mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, worked tirelessly to raise the exorbitant ransom of 150,000 marks demanded by the German emperor, which was twice the annual income for the English Crown.
Both clergy and laymen were taxed for a quarter of the value of their property, the gold and silver treasures of the churches were confiscated, and money was raised from the scutage and the carucage taxes.
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 Raul N. Longoria's Genealogy Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Children were: Louis I the Pious of Aquitaine (KING OF FRANCE).
She was married to Louis I the Pious of Aquitaine (KING OF FRANCE) in 798.
His expediition was unsuccessful, but John of Gaunt and John I of Castile reached a truce in 1388 by agreeing to the marriage of John of Gaunt's daughter, Catherine, with Henry III, the 9-year old son of John I of Castile.
www.raullongoria.net /Genealogy/FamilyTree/d3.html   (3240 words)

  
 Ancestors and Family of Matilda of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Matilda of England, also known as Maud, was the eldest daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
She was a younger sister of William, Count of Poitiers and Henry the Young King.
She was also an older sister of Richard I of England, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora of Aquitaine, Joan of England and John of England.
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 Windham Herald July 1794   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
WH Sat Jul 19, 1794: Anecdote of Leonora of Aquitaine.
Leonora of Aquitaine, a vivacious, flighty, jocose princess whom he had married, rallied him upon his short hair, and shaved chin; he devoutly replied to her, that these things were not to be jested with.
Leonora received pleasure from the love and assiduities of the prince of Antioch, Louis perceived it, and repented having carried her into Syria.
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She gave Marie Champagne and left Alix to France, and took the rest of Aquitaine with her in a flouncy fit of monarchal foot-stamping.
She died in 1204 at the age of eighty-two, having passed her genes to Marie de Champagne and Alix of France, William Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King and Matilda of England before Richard The Golden Boy.
Younger than Richard were Geoffrey II Duke of Brittany, Leonora of Aquitaine, Joan Plantagenet and John of England.
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 Eleanor of England Plantagenet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
She was the sixth child and second daughter of K ing Henry II of England and his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
His marriage with Leonora of Aquitaine, daughter of Henry II of England, brought him under the influence of the greatest governin g intellect of his time.
Alfonso VIII was the founder of the first Spanish university, the st udium generale of Palencia, which, however, did not survive him.
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 Princess Eleanor of England October 13 October 13 1161 1161...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
"Princess Eleanor of England" (October 13 October 13, 1161 1161 - October 31 October 31, 1214 1214), was also known as "Leonora of Aquitaine" and "Leonora, Queen of Castile".
She was born in Domfront Castle Domfront Castle, Normandy Normandy.
She was the sixth child and second daughter of King Henry II of England Henry II of England and his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine Eleanor of Aquitaine.
www.biodatabase.de /Eleanor   (151 words)

  
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I was always fascinated by Berengaria(Beringeria), Queen of Castile, these are her descendants.
Daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Leonora of Aquitaine, she was married to Alphonso IX, King of Leon/Castile, but the marriage was annuled by the Pope because they were second cousins.
When her brother Henry died by accident in 1217, Berenguela (Berengaria/ Beringeria) renounced her rights to the throne, in favor of her son Ferdinand.
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 Edward III of England - Biocrawler definition:Edward III of England - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In 1320, he was created Earl of Chester.
In 1325, his father ceded the Duchy of Aquitaine to him, and the young Edward was sent to France along with his mother to meet his uncle, the French King Charles IV.
Upon their return from France, the powerful Queen and her lover, Roger Mortimer, forced the weak and unpopular Edward II to abdicate, installing Edward III as king in 1327.
biocrawler.com /biowiki/Edward_III_of_England   (1991 words)

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