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Eleanor of Aquitaine

by Alison Weir

First published 1999

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This biography traces Eleanor of Aquitaine’s career as duchess, queen of France, crusader, queen of England, rebel prisoner and queen mother. Her marriages to Louis VII and Henry II placed her at the centre of twelfth-century European politics, while the ambitions of her sons repeatedly divided the Angevin dynasty. Weir examines the evidence behind later legends and presents Eleanor as a formidable aristocratic ruler constrained but not erased by imprisonment and dynastic conflict.

Historical Periods

Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine1152–1189 CE Second Crusade1147–1149 CE Third Crusade1189–1192 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction

Historical people

Eleanor of Aquitaine1124–1204 Louis VII of France1120–1180 Henry II of England1133–1189 Richard I of England1157–1199 John, King of England1166–1216

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