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Leonor of aquitania
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1. Herlife ShewasborninPoitiers(France)in1122
HerfatherwasGuillermoX,andhermotherwasLeonorofChtellerault.Shewastheoldestdaughterofherfamily.
In1130heronlybrotherdied.Afterherfathersdeath.ShebecametheduchessofAquitanie.ShegotmarriedwithLuisVII,andshehad2children.LatershemarriedwithEnriqueII,andshehad8children.
2. Herfeats
In1173EleanorencouragedthefirstofaseriesoftransgressionsofthesonsofHenryIIagainsthisfather,whowasthemainprotagonistRicardo.HenryIIwasdefeatedquicklyandwasforgottenbytherebelsandtheirchildren.EleanorwasconfinedinthecastleofChinonwhereshewaskeptunderclosesurveillaenceuntilherdeathin1189.
3. Otherinterestingthings Shehadthreesistersandbrothers,William,
PetronillaandAgrietWilliam.Shehadoneson,
andonedaughter,withLuisVII.WithEnriqueII,
hadfivesons,andthreedaughters.Shewas
marriedwithLuisVII,EnriqueII,RicardoI,Juan I.
