Eleanor of AQUITAINE

Female 1122 - 1204  (82 years)


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  • Name Eleanor of AQUITAINE 
    Born 1122  Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1 Apr 1204  Fontevraud Abbey, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I19856  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father William X, Duke of AQUITAINE 
    Mother AENOR de Ch 
    Family ID F08964  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Louis VI of France 
    Married 25 Jul 1137  Cathedral of Saint-Andr Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F08961  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Henry PLANTAGENET, II,   b. Mar 1132/33, Le Mans, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1189, Chinon, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Married 18 May 1152  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. William Plantagenet IX,   b. 17 Aug 1153
     2. Henry Plantagenet,   b. 28 Feb 1154/55
     3. Matilda Plantagenet, Duchess of Saxony,   b. Jun 1156
     4. Richard Plantagenet, the Lionheart,   b. 8 Sep 1157
     5. Geoffrey Plantagenet, Duke of Brittany,   b. 23 Sep 1158
     6. Eleanor Plantagenet, Queen of Castile,   b. 13 Oct 1162
     7. Joan Plantagenet,   b. Oct 1165
     8. John PLANTAGENET,   b. 24 Dec 1167, Oxford, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F07537  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Eleanor was the divorced wife of Louis VII, King of France.

      Source for the following excerpt: http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=aquitaine_fredericksburg_04

      "She became a queen at age fifteen in the year 1137 when her father died and she married Prince Louis of France, who became king less than a month after their marriage . . . This marriage, though considered perfect in state because of the joining of the two estates, was extremely ill-matched in personality. Eleanor was out-spoken, loved color, and did things on the spur-of-the-moment. Louis, who had been brought up to become an officer in the church, was a weak, dull, grave, and pious man (Sam Behling) who only inherited the throne when his older brother died. Even though they did have two children together (both girls), they were so poorly matched that they divorced when Eleanor was twenty-nine after a major falling out on the Second Crusade, on which both traveled. Although it was extremely unconventional for women to go on crusade, Eleanor did, along with three hundred of her ladies . . . Only eight months after returning from the Second Crusade, Eleanor remarried -- this time to Prince Henry of France who was eleven years her junior, who made her queen about two years after their marriage in 1154. Throughout this marriage, Eleanor was constantly pregnant, and produced eight children (five sons and three daughters), three of which were eventually kings, themselves."

      Much more is available online about this colorful woman.

      From Wikipedia:

      "Eleanor's father ensured that she had the best possible education. Although her native tongue was Poitevin, she was taught to read and speak Latin, was well versed in music and literature, and schooled in riding, hawking, and hunting. Eleanor was extroverted, lively, intelligent, and strong willed."

      "On 25 October 1154, Eleanor's second husband became King of the English. Eleanor was crowned Queen of the English by the Arcbishop of Canterbury on 19 December 1154."

      Also see: http://www.alicemariebeard.com/law/eleanor.htm

  • Sources 
    1. [S013457] Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Islnad and Dungan Genealogy, Compiled by Alfred Rudulph Justice, (Philadelphia: Franklin Publishing Co., 1922), 34.

    2. [S013738] Wikipedia.