Herstory of the Middle Ages

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Eleanor of Aquitaine - Famous queen

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Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122 – 1 April 1204) was queen consort of France (1137–1152) and England (1154–1189) and duchess of Aquitaine in her own right (1137–1204). As the heir of the House of Poitiers, rulers in southwestern France, she was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. She was patron of literary figures such as Wace, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, and Bernart de Ventadorn. She led armies several times in her life and was a leader of the Second Crusade.

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Her husbands
• Louis VII of France
  ​m. 1137; annulled 1152
• Henry II of England​
  ​m. 1152; died 1189

Her children
• Marie, countess of Champagne
  1145 - 11 March 1198
• Alix, countess of Blois
  1150 - 1198
• William IX, Count of Poitiers
  17 August 1153 - April 1156
• Henry the Young King
  28 February 1155 - 11 June 1183
• Matilda, duchess of Saxony and Bavaria
  June 1156 - 13 July 1189
• Richard I of England
  8 September 1157 - 6 April 1199
• Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
  23 September 1158 - 19 August 1186
• Eleanor, queen of Castile
  13 October - 31 October 1214
• Joan, queen of Sicily
  October 1165 - 4 September 1199
• John, King of England
  27 December 1166 - 19 October 1216

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