Eleanor of Aquitaine ... Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Art of Courtly Love," on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Montpelier's T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center, and on Sunday, Nov. 30, at St. Paul's Cathedral in ...

Visitors can still trace Eleanor of Aquitaine’s legacy in two rapidly changing locations: the city of Poitiers and the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud.

Eleanor of Aquitaine was among the most powerful women of the 12th century. She controlled an extensive estate, became Queen of France and then England, and gave birth to one of England's most ...

A portrait of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Frederick Sandys, 1858 (Image credit: Public Doman: Wiki/National Museum Wales, Art UK). Eleanor of Aquitaine had stopped off at Port-de-Piles in France. The ...

Spring 1173, Aquitaine. Henry's sons are in revolt and Eleanor is being painted as a conspirator in a dark plot against her husband by convincing her sons to rebel against him. So, Henry responds ...

The year 2024 marks the 900th anniversary of the birth of Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of both France and England in the 12th century. The Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud in the Atlantic Loire Valley ...

Eleanor of Aquitaine, born in the 12th century, was Queen consort of England and France and wife to King Henry II of England, whom she famously betrayed.

Eleanor was the elder daughter of William, tenth Duke of Aquitaine. The exact date of her birth is unknown, but she was raised in one of Europe's most cultured courts and given an excellent ...

Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages, born in 1122 and dying in 1204. She was queen of France and England as a result of her marriages to Louis VII of France and ...