ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE, was one of the wealthiest and most influential women in Western Europe during the twelfth century. First, she was\u00a0Queen of France (wife of Louis VII) and then Queen of England (wife of Henry II ). Her influence was decisive for important \u00a0changes in political and cultural dynamics in Europe. She promoted \u00a0\u201ccourtly love\u201d in chivalry. She participated in the Second Crusade which was to her as a \u201crevelation\u201d of her political and strategic talents. She had ten children : two with Louis VII and eight [ three of whom would become kings ] with Henry II. She was imprisoned [ at 51 ]\u00a0during sixteen years for supporting her sons\u2019s conspiracy against their father, Henry II. She became a widow at 67 and was still able to\u00a0rule\u00a0her son’s kingdom, Richard the Lionheart, during the four years he spent in crusade and to act as a\u00a0diplomat for her other son, John Lackland. In her eighties, she retired to a convent where she died at 82.<\/p>\n
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ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE, was one of the wealthiest and most influential women in Western Europe during the twelfth century. First, she was\u00a0Queen of France (wife of Louis VII) and then Queen of England (wife of Henry II ). Her influence…<\/span><\/p>\n