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1 day ago · 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 ...
- William X, Duke of Aquitaine
Eleanor, who later became heiress to the Duchy and is best...
- Duchess of Aquitaine
The Duke of Aquitaine (Occitan: Duc d'Aquitània, French: Duc...
- Duchy of Aquitaine
The Duchy of Aquitaine (Occitan: Ducat d'Aquitània, IPA:...
- Alix, Countess of Blois
Alice of France (French: Alix; July/August 1150 – 1197/1198)...
- Joan
Joan of England (October 1165 – 4 September 1199) was a...
- Eleanor, Queen of Castile
Eleanor of England (Spanish: Leonor; c. 1161 – 31 October...
- Ramnulfids
The Ramnulfids, or the House of Poitiers, were a French...
- Marie, Countess of Champagne
Marie of France (1145 – 11 March 1198) was a Capetian...
- William X, Duke of Aquitaine
4 days ago · Eleanor Of Aquitaine (1122-1204) was a major figure in the middle ages and a prominent figure in women’s history. Information in this article includes biographical information, facts, her accomplishments, and her relationships with King Louis VII and King Henry II.
- Jennifer Cain
- 2011
4 days ago · Empress Matilda Holy Roman Empress c. 1102 –1167 r. 1141 Disputed: Louis VII 1120–1180 King of France: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen of France c. 1122 –1204: King Henry II 1133–1189 r. 1154–1189 King of England: Geoffrey VI 1134–1158 Count of Nantes: William FitzEmpress Viscount of Dieppe 1136–1163/1164: William IX 1153–1156 Count ...
5 days ago · Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that sprawled across the continent and beyond, to the New World. But the man born in Ghent in 1500 and raised in Mechelen would abdicate in Brussels at the age of 55.
3 days ago · Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal were the parents of Maximilian I, who was the predecessor to Charles V. Ferdinand I was Charles V brother and successor to the Holy Roman Empire.
4 days ago · Lindy Grant’s long awaited and magisterial (although here one particularly laments the lack of a gender-appropriate adjective) book offers us a biography of Blanche of Castile, the Iberian princess famously chosen by her grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, to marry the son of Philip II of France, Lord Louis, the future Louis VIII. Despite ...
4 days ago · Philip II, king of Spain (1556–98) and Portugal (1580–98) who was a champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation. During his reign the Spanish empire attained its greatest power, extent, and influence, though he lost the ‘Invincible Armada’ in the attempted invasion of England (1588).