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William IX, Duke of Aquitaine. William IX ( Occitan: Guilhèm de Peitieus or Guilhem de Poitou, French: Guillaume de Poitiers; 22 October 1071 – 10 February 1126), called the Troubadour, was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou (as William VII) between 1086 and his death. He was also one of the leaders of the Crusade of 1101.
Eleanor of Aquitaine's vase. A rock crystal vase {fr} with honeycomb decoration that probably originated from either the Sassanid (6th-7th century) or post-Sassanid (9th-10th century) period that was given to Duke William IX of Aquitaine (the Troubadour) by a Muslim ally ( Abd al-Malik Imad ad-Dawla [1] as referred in Latinised form as ...
Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor of Aquitaine was queen of two great medieval European powers – England and France. One of the wealthiest women in Europe, she played a very active role in government affairs. Lived: about 1122–1204. Field: Royalty, government affairs. Key moment: Taking part in a plot against her husband, King Henry II, in 1173.
Aquitaine passed to France in 1137 when the duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine married Louis VII of France, but their marriage was annulled in 1152. When Eleanor's new husband became King Henry II of England in 1154, the area became an English possession, and a cornerstone of the Angevin Empire.
Joan of England (October 1165 – 4 September 1199) was a Queen of Sicily and countess consort of Toulouse. She was the seventh child of Henry II, King of England, and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine. From her birth, she was destined to make a political and royal marriage. She married William II of Sicily and later Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse ...
Eleanor, who later became heiress to the Duchy and is best known to history as Eleanor of Aquitaine; Petronilla, who married Raoul I of Vermandois; William Aigret, who died at age 4 in 1130, about the time their mother Aenor de Châtellerault died. Duke. William administered his Aquitaine duchy as both a lover of the arts and a warrior.
Eleanor of England (also called Eleanor Plantagenet and Eleanor of Leicester) (1215 – 13 April 1275) was the youngest child of John, King of England and Isabella of Angoulême. Early life [ edit ] At the time of Eleanor's birth at Gloucester , King John's London was in the hands of French forces, John had been forced to sign Magna Carta and Queen Isabella was in shame.
