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OF AQUITAINE, Duchess of Acquitaine Eleanor

OF AQUITAINE, Duchess of Acquitaine Eleanor

Female 1122 - 1204  (81 years)

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  • Name OF AQUITAINE, Eleanor  [1, 2] 
    Title Duchess of Acquitaine 
    Birth 6 Dec 1122  Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Books About Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography 
    Eleanor of Acquataine    		 Eleanor of Acquataine
    Books About The Autumn Throne: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Middle Ages Queen of England 
    The Autumn Throne    		 The Autumn Throne
    Books About The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick 
    The Summer Queen    		 The Summer Queen
    Books About The Winter Crown: A Medieval Tale of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England 
    The Winter Crown    		 The Winter Crown
    Differentiator Member of the Ramnulfid dynasty of rulers in southwestern France, and one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. She led armies several times in her life, and was a leader of the Second Crusade. 
    Relation to Me 26 GGM 
    Royalty & Nobility Duchess of Acquitaine, Queen Consort of England, Queen Consort of France 
    Death 1 Apr 1204  Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I277  My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Father AQUITAINE, Guillaume X of,   b. 1099, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1137, Compostela, Orense, Galicia, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother DE CHATELLERAULT, Aenor,   b. 1103   d. Mar 1130, Talmont, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1121 
    Family ID F42  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 HENRY, II,   b. 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 18 May 1152  Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. ENGLAND, Richard I of,   b. 8 Sep 1157, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1199, Chalus, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. ENGLAND, King John of,   b. 24 Dec 1166, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1216 (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. PLANTAGENET, Geoffrey Duke of Brittany,   b. 23 Sep 1158, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1186, Paris, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. PLANTAGENET, William,   b. 1160, Beaumont, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1160, Beaumont, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. KING OF ENGLAND, Henry The Younger,   b. 28 Mar 1155, Bermandsey Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1183, Martel, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. PLANTAGENET, Matilda Maud Princess England,   b. 1156, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1189, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. ENGLAND, Eleanor of,   b. 13 Oct 1162, Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1214, Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. PLANTAGANET, Joan (Joanna) Queen of Sicily,   b. Oct 1165, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1199, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 FRANCE, King Louis VII of,   b. 1120, Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1180, Abbey at Saint Pont, Allier, Auvergne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 1137  Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Annulled 11 Mar 1152 
    on the grounds of consanguinity 
    Children 
     1. CAPET, Marie,   b. Apr 1145, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1198, Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. FRANCE, Alix Capet of,   b. summer 1151, Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1197 and 1198, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Dec 1122 - Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1137 - Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 May 1152 - Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Apr 1204 - Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    eleanor-of-aquitaine-1-sized
    The Summer Queen
    The Autumn Throne
    The Winter Crown

    Documents
    Eleanor of Aquitaine - Wikipedia    		Eleanor of Aquitaine - Wikipedia

  • Notes 
    • As Duchess of Aquitaine, Eleanor was 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 afterwards, Eleanor sought an annulment of her marriage,[1] but her request was rejected by Pope Eugene III.[2] However, after the birth of her second daughter Alix, Louis agreed to an annulment, as fifteen years of marriage had not produced a son.[3] 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 and Count of Anjou, who became King Henry II of England in 1154. Henry was her third cousin (cousin of the third degree), and eleven 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. She was not released until 6 July 1189, when Henry died and their son ascended the English throne as Richard I.

      Now queen dowager, Eleanor acted as regent while Richard went on the Third Crusade; on his return Richard was captured and held prisoner. Eleanor lived well into the reign of her youngest son, John. She outlived all her children except for John and Eleanor.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1557] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    2. [S1416] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).


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