Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122 - 1204)

Queen consort of Henry II of England and daughter and heir of William X, Duke of Aquitaine. In 1137 she married Louis VII and bore him two daughters. In March 1152 their marriage was annulled due to consanguinity. In May 1152 she married Henry, Duke of Normandy and count of Anjou, who vindicated his claims to the English throne two years later.

Of all her children only two, Richard I 'Lionheart' and John I "Lackland", survived their father. She supported her sons in their rebellion (1173) in alliance with her former husband. After Henry's death she supported King Richard I (1189-1199) against her youngest son John and the king of France, while in 1199 her opposition to her grandson Arthur of Brittany was important for securing Anjou and Aquitaine for John. She died on April 1, 1204 and lies buried at Fontevrault.