Eleanor of Aquitaine

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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.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Eleanor of Aquitaine canonical 48
Duchess of Aquitaine 3
Alienor 1

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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

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

Geoffrey, son of Henry II mother Eleanor of Aquitaine
John, son of Henry II mother Eleanor of Aquitaine
Poitiers Cathedral constructionStartReignOf Eleanor of Aquitaine
Berengaria of Castile relative Eleanor of Aquitaine
Duchy of Gascony notableRuler Eleanor of Aquitaine