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France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow until her ...
Aénor of Châtellerault (also known as Aénor de Rochefoucauld; c. 1103 – March 1130) was Duchess of Aquitaine as the wife of Duke William X and the mother of the powerful Eleanor of Aquitaine. Aénor was a daughter of Aimery I, Viscount of Châtellerault, and his wife, Dangereuse de L' Isle Bouchard (d. 1151). Most likely named after her ...
She was the half-sister of Marie and Alix of France, Louis's children by Eleanor of Aquitaine, and the younger sister of Margaret of France. Just five weeks after Constance died giving birth to Alys, Louis married Adèle of Champagne, by whom he had two further children, including the future King Philip II of France.
Geoffrey was the fourth of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. [2] ... Geoffrey and Constance had three children, one born after Geoffrey's ...
Matilda was born in or around June 1156 in London or, less likely, at Windsor Castle, [2] as third child and eldest daughter of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine; [2] [3] [4] named after her paternal grandmother, Empress Matilda, she was baptized shortly after birth in Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate by Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Eleanor of Aquitaine Marie of France (1145 – 11 March 1198) was a Capetian princess who became Countess of Champagne by her marriage to Henry I of Champagne . She ruled the County of Champagne as regent during Henry I's absence from 1179 to 1181; during the minority of their son Henry II from 1181 to 1187; and during Henry II's absence from ...
Petronilla of Aquitaine (c. 1125 – c.1151) was a French noble. She was the second daughter of William X of Aquitaine and Aenor of Châtellerault . She was the elder sister of William Aigret and the younger sister of Eleanor of Aquitaine , who was Queen consort of France, later England.
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137–1204), daughter of William X, also Countess of Poitiers and Duchess of Gascony, married the kings of France and England in succession. Louis the Younger (1137–1152), also King of France , duke in right of his wife .