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2 days ago · Mother. Eleanor of Provence. Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king.
- 20 November 1272 – 7 July 1307
- Eleanor of Provence
2 days ago · Motherhood offered a queen, as a consort, an enhanced sense of security, a means of buttressing her position in her husband’s affections. Howell demonstrates a canny understanding of its importance for Eleanor’s position and does not go too far in describing it as Eleanor’s ‘ultimate strength’ (p. 109).
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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 ...
- 9 April 1137 – 1 April 1204
- Aénor de Châtellerault
He was a man of good birth and abilities and was prior of Noyon, a cell of St. Evroul, when he was selected by King Henry to be abbot of Thorney in 1113, rather over a year after Gunther's death, (fn. 71) which post he held until his own death in 1151. During his time Robert of Leicester, abbot of St. Evroul, being in England on business, died ...
3 days ago · Aristocratic familiarity with the sophisticated tastes of Provence and Castile was increased when Richard I's sister married Alfonso VIII of Castile, and when both Henry III and his brother married daughters of the Count of Provence; it is also significant that Edward I's famous Queen Eleanor was the daughter of St. Ferdinand of Castile.
4 days ago · Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most powerful women in Europe during the 12th Century. Queen to two powerful kings, she wielded power in her own right and had more than one son who became a famous king of England. Eleanor was born in 1122. Her father was William, 10th Duke of Aquitaine. At that time, Aquitaine was a large and powerful part ...
4 days ago · Karen Sullivan, "Eleanor of Aquitaine, As It Was Said: Truth and Tales about the Medieval Queen" (U Chicago Press, 2023) from New Books in Literary Studies on Podchaser, aired Tuesday, 14th May 2024.Karen Sullivan of Bard College talks to Jana Byars about her recent book, Eleanor of Aquitaine, As …
