Eleanor of Aquitaine, the mother queen
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Biography Biography Memoir British Literature European History France Historical History Medieval Medieval History Nonfiction
Publisher: David & Charles
Published: Jan 2, 1978
Language: Unknown
Biography Biography Memoir British Literature European History France Historical History Medieval Medieval History Nonfiction
Publisher: David & Charles
Published: Jan 2, 1978
Description:
Illustrated. Family tree. Bibliography. Index. Biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122-1204), one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. She was Queen consort of both Louis VII of France (1137–52) and Henry II of England ( 1152–1204) and mother of Richard I (the Lion-Heart) and John of England.