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Eleanor of Blois or Champagne (French: Eléonore; 1102–1147) was a French noblewoman. Life. She was daughter of Stephen, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy, daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders. Eleanor married Ralph I, Count of Vermandois.
5 de mar. de 2020 · Ruler of two nations, mother to kings and queens, leader of a crusade: Eleanor of Aquitaine was a savvy power player in medieval France and England.
- Eleanor of Aquitaine: Early Life
- Eleanor of Aquitaine Becomes Queen of France
- Eleanor Becomes Queen of England
- Eleanor of Aquitaine and The Court of Love
- Eleanor of Aquitaine: Imprisonment
- Eleanor of Aquitaine: Regency and Death
Eleanor was born in what is now southern France, most likely in the year 1122. She was well educated by her cultured father, William X, Duke of Aquitaine, thoroughly versed in literature, philosophy, and languages and trained to the rigors of court life when she became her father’s heir presumptive at the age 5. An avid horsewoman, she led an activ...
Louis and Eleanor were married in July 1137, but had little time to get to know one another before Louis’ father the king fell ill and died. Within weeks of her wedding, Eleanor found herself taking possession of the drafty and unwelcoming Cîté Palace in Paris that would be her new home. On ChristmasDay of the same year, Louis and Eleanor were crow...
Within two months of her annulment, after fighting off attempts to marry her off to various other high-ranking French noblemen, Eleanor married Henry, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy. She had been rumored to have had an affair with her new husband’s father, and was more closely related to her new husband than she had been to Louis, but the marr...
Eleanor’s time as mistress of her own lands in Poitiers (1168-1173) established the legend of the Court of Love, where she is reputed to have encouraged a culture of chivalry among her courtiers that had far-reaching influence on literature, poetry, music and folklore. Although some facts about the court remain in dispute amidst centuries of accumu...
In 1173, Eleanor’s son “Young” Henry fled to France, apparently to plot against his father and seize the English throne. Eleanor, rumored to be actively supporting her son’s plans against her estranged husband, was arrested and imprisoned for treason. Once apprehended, she spent the next 16 years shuttled between various castles and strongholds in ...
Henry II died in July 1189 and their son Richard succeeded him; one of his first acts was to free his mother from prison and restore her to full freedom. Eleanor ruled as regent in Richard’s name while he took over for his father in leading the Third Crusade, which had barely begun when Henry II died. On the conclusion of the crusade, Richard (know...
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 ...
29 de mar. de 2019 · Eleanor of Aquitaine (l. c. 1122-1204 CE) was one of the most impressive and powerful figures of the High Middle Ages (1000-1300 CE) – male or female – whose influence shaped the politics, art, medieval...
- Joshua J. Mark
29 de mar. de 2019 · Eleanor da Aquitânia (*c.1122 +1204) foi uma das mais marcantes e poderosas do "intermezzo" da Idade Média (1000 - 1300) – tanto masculina, como feminina – cuja influência moldou a política, a arte e a literatura medievais e a percepção da mulher em sua época.
13 de dez. de 2022 · According to an account written by royal chaplain and author Andreas Capellanus, between 1168 and 1173, Eleanor and one of her daughters, Marie, Countess of Champagne, hosted regular public hearings, judged and juried by the noblewomen of the court in the city of Poitiers.
