Eleanor of Aquitaine

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duchess noblewoman patron of the arts queen consort regent

Eleanor of Aquitaine was a powerful 12th-century queen consort of both France and England and one of the most influential and wealthy women of the Middle Ages.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Duchess of Aquitaine 3
Alienor 1
Aliénor 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duchess ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ
queen consort ⓘ
regent ⓘ
annulmentFromLouisVIIDate 1152 ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Anjou ⓘ
Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
surface form: Aquitaine

England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Poitiers ⓘ
birthDate c. 1122 ⓘ
birthPlace Bordeaux ⓘ
birthRealm Kingdom of France ⓘ
birthRegion Duchy of Aquitaine ⓘ
burialPlace Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France ⓘ
surface form: Fontevraud Abbey
child Alix of France, Countess of Blois ⓘ
Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile ⓘ
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany ⓘ
Henry the Young King ⓘ
Joan of England, Queen of Sicily ⓘ
King John of England ⓘ
surface form: John, King of England

Marie of France ⓘ
surface form: Marie of France, Countess of Champagne

Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony ⓘ
King Richard the Lionheart ⓘ
surface form: Richard I of England

William IX, Count of Poitiers ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathDate 1 April 1204 ⓘ
deathPlace Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France ⓘ
surface form: Fontevraud Abbey
deathRealm Anjou ⓘ
era Middle Ages ⓘ
father Duke of Aquitaine ⓘ
surface form: William X, Duke of Aquitaine
fullName Eleanor of Aquitaine self-link ⓘ
givenName Eleanor ⓘ
historicalSignificance key figure in the formation of the Angevin Empire ⓘ
one of the most powerful and wealthy women in 12th-century Europe ⓘ
knownFor being queen consort of both France and England ⓘ
patronage of literature and troubadours ⓘ
political influence in 12th-century Western Europe ⓘ
languageSpoken Occitan ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
marriageToHenryIIDate 1152 ⓘ
marriageToLouisVIIDate 1137 ⓘ
mother Aenor de Châtellerault ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Poitiers ⓘ
participatedIn Second Crusade ⓘ
regencyPeriod during Richard I’s reign ⓘ
regentOf Kingdom of England ⓘ
reignAsDuchessEnd 1204 ⓘ
reignAsDuchessStart 1137 ⓘ
reignAsQueenOfEnglandEnd 1189 ⓘ
reignAsQueenOfEnglandStart 1154 ⓘ
reignAsQueenOfFranceEnd 1152 ⓘ
reignAsQueenOfFranceStart 1137 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Henry II of England ⓘ
Louis VII of France ⓘ
title Eleanor of Aquitaine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Countess of Poitiers

Eleanor of Aquitaine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duchess of Aquitaine

Queen consort of England ⓘ
Queen consort of France ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eleanor of Aquitaine → fullName → Eleanor of Aquitaine self-link ⓘ
Eleanor → hasVariant → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alienor
Duke of Aquitaine → heldBy → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
The Lion in Winter → mainCharacter → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
John → mother → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
King John of England → mother → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
King Richard the Lionheart → mother → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard I of England
Duke of Aquitaine → notableHolder → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
Poitou → notableRuler → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
Frederic Sandys → notableWork → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen Eleanor
The Lion in Winter → portrays → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
Eleanor → possibleOriginFrom → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aliénor
Henry II of England → spouse → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
Anne of Bohemia → title → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchess of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine → title → Eleanor of Aquitaine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchess of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine → title → Eleanor of Aquitaine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Countess of Poitiers
Isabella of France → title → Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchess of Aquitaine