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Duchess Eleanore Aquitaine (b. Abt. 1120, d. Aft. 1165)

Eleanore Aquitaine (daughter of William Aquitaine)¹¹ was born Abt. 1120 in France¹¹, and died Aft. 1165 in England¹¹. She married (1) Louis Vii on 1137 in Marne, France¹¹, son of Louis Vi and Alix A. Savoy. She married (2) Henry II Curtmantle on 1154 in Normandy, France¹¹, son of Geoffrey V Plantagenet and Matilda.

Notes for Eleanore Aquitaine:
[joe.FTW]

!When William X died (1137), his daughter ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE
married Louis VII of France, whom she divorced in 1152 to marry Henry
II of England. She maintained an elegant chivalric court at Poitiers.
Her
sons, Richard I and John, and their successors as kings of England were
dukes
of Aquitaine (later known as GUIENNE).

More About Eleanore Aquitaine and Louis Vii:
Marriage: 1137, Marne, France.¹¹

More About Eleanore Aquitaine and Henry II Curtmantle:
Marriage: 1154, Normandy, France.¹¹

Children of Eleanore Aquitaine and Henry II Curtmantle are:

+John Lackland, b. December 24, 1166, Kings Manorhouse, Oxford, England¹¹, d. October 19, 1216, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England¹¹.