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The duchy of Aquitaine as a quasi-independent realm within the Frankish empire established itself during the second half of the 7th century, certainly by 700 under Odo the Great. The first duke is on record under the name of Felix, and as having ruled from about 660.
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204) ranks as a favourite of modern biographers, and in the twentieth-century writings on this twelfth-century personality attained the proportions of a 'romanticizing "Eleanor industry".' 1 In approaching Eleanor, historians today face the sharply differing standards of her medieval contemporaries, modern scholars ...
- Ralph Turner
Aug 21, 2007 · Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124–1204) still fascinates and intrigues historians today, who continue to try to penetrate the mystery surrounding her extraordinary life. Twice queen – of France as the wife of Louis VII, then of England as the wife of Henry II – and mother of three kings, she came into contact with famous churchmen such as Suger ...
Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and ...
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204) ranks as a favourite of modern biographers, and in the twentieth-century writings on this twelfth-century personality attained the proportions of a 'romanticizing "Eleanor industry".' 1 In approaching Eleanor, historians today face the sharply differing standards of her medieval contemporaries, modern scholars ...
- Ralph Turner
Eleanor was born in the early twelfth century as the daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou. As the oldest child of her father, who had no surviving male heirs, Eleanor inherited the duchy of Aquitaine upon the death of her father in 1137 when she
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The first part is an account of what is reliably known about Eleanor’s life and her role in history, in the main based on contemporary sources and drawing on the work of previous historians. The second part deals with questions about Eleanor and her legend currently under debate by scholars.
