Elâeonore, Princess of Aquitaine

1122 - 1204  (82 years)

• Name	Elâeonore
  Suffix	Princess of Aquitaine
  Birth	1122	the Ombriere Palace, Bordeaux, France   [1]
  	some records show that she was born at the ducal palace in Poitiers, or, according to local tradition, in the nearby Belin Castle, Guienne.
  Gender	Female
  Success1	9 Apr 1137  [2]
  	her father as Duchess of Aquitane and Countess of Poitou
  Crown1	25 Dec 1137	, Bourges,, France   [1]
  	Queen of France.
  Crown1	19 Dec 1154  [3]
  	Queen Consort with her second husband Henry II.
  Name	Eleanor
  Death	1 Apr 1204	Fontevraud, France   [3, 4]
  	she is buried there with her second husband, Henry II.
  Burial	the Abbey of Fontevraud   [5]
  	she is buried there with her second husband, Henry II.
  Person ID	I66349	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

  Father	William X, Duke of Aquitane,   b. 1099   d. 1137 (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Aénor --, of Châtellerault, Duchess of Aquitane,   b. Abt 1103, , Châtellerault, Poitou-Charentes, France d. Mar 1130, , Talmont, Poitou-Charentes, France (Age ~ 27 years)
  Marriage	Y  [6]
  Family ID	F22716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Louis VII CAPET, the Younger,   b. 1120   d. 18 Sep 1180 (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	25 Jul 1137	the Cathedral of Saint André, by archbishop Geoffrey of Laroux, Bordeaux,, France   [1, 2, 7]
  Divorce	21 Mar 1152  [8]
  	Louis divorced Elâeonore on the grounds of consanguinity.
  Children	1. Marie PLANTAGENET,   b. 1145   d. 1198 (Age 53 years)   2. Alix PLANTAGENET,   b. 1150   d. Abt 1198 (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F1406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Henry II PLANTAGENET, King of England,   b. 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans,, France d. 6 Jul 1189, near Tours, France (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1152	the Cathedral of Saint Pierre, Poitiers, France   [1, 7]
  Children	1. William PLANTAGENET, Count of Poitiers,   b. 1153   d. 1156 (Age 3 years)   2. Henry PLANTAGENET, the Young King,   b. 28 Feb 1155, Bermondsey Palace, Surrey, England d. 11 Jun 1183, the house of a burgher, Etienne Fabri, Martel in Quercy, France (Age 28 years)   3. Matilda PLANTAGENET,   b. 1156   d. 1189 (Age 33 years)   4. Richard I, 'The Lionheart' PLANTAGENET, King of England,   b. 8 Sep 1157, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England d. 6 Apr 1199, Limousin, France (Age 41 years)   5. Geoffrey PLANTAGENET, Duke of Brittany,   b. 1158   d. 1186 (Age 28 years)   6. Eleanor PLANTAGENET,   b. 1161   d. 1214 (Age 53 years)   7. Eleanor PLANTAGENET, of England, Queen of Castile,   b. 13 Oct 1162, Domfront Castle, Normandy, France d. 31 Oct 1214, Burgos, Castile (now Spain) (Age 52 years)   8. Joanna PLANTAGENET,   b. 1165   d. 1199 (Age 34 years)   9. John I 'Lackland' PLANTAGENET, King of England,   b. 24 Dec 1166, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 49 years)   10. Philip PLANTAGENET
  Family ID	F596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2024

  
  

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