Eleanor of Aquitaine

Queen of France and of England

c. 1124 – 1204 · 80 years · Poitiers · Europe

Europe's richest heiress, wife of two kings and mother of Richard the Lionheart; a patron of troubadours.

Portrait: Frederick Sandys · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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