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Eleanor of Aquitaine


Eleanor was a queen most of her life,she got a vast inheritance in 1137 at age 15. She was the mother of two English kings.Eleanor was the most powerful woman in the 12th century Europe.Eleanor was a active patron of arts whose court was the most brillient of the time,she was also strong willed.She was married twice her first husband was Louis VII king of France.Louis and Eleanor had two daughters.In 1147-1149 Eleanor went with him on the second crusade to the Holy Land.They divorced in 1152 and Eleanor regained full possession of her land. Two months later she married Henry Plantagenet,court of Anjo and duke of Normandy,the marriage united England and Normandy also Western France under Henry's rule.Eleanor worked hard to make her family powerful.

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