Famous faces There's been a few notable people from both places. Bordeaux was the birth place of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) mum of both Richard the Lionheart and Robin Hood's rival King John.

The English ran Aquitaine for 300 years, after Queen Eleanor brought is as a dowry to her 1152 marriage to the future Henry II of England. We lost it for good at the Battle of Castillon, some 30 ...

1967 Ford mustang shelby gt500 eleanor Classic Sport Car, Muscle car, Vintage car, Stencil, Silhouette, Vector Clip Art for tshirt and emblem isolated on white Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine's effigy in ...

She was a wife and mother to kings, but across her long life Eleanor of Aquitaine also wielded power in her own right. Dr Matthew Firth, Author of Early English Queens 850 -1000 and Research ...

An unlikely art pilgrimage | Notes from the Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 The 2nd edition of the biennale establishes a new category of the religious within the art circuit, featuring precious ...

Welcome Extra Historians to Lies, where we talk about the mistakes we made and the details we couldn't quite squeeze into our Eleanor of Aquitaine Series. With questions like, Why wasn't Eleanor ...

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 ...

Kerry O'Sullivan plays the part of Queen Eleanor, the wife of King Henry II of England. Eleanor was raised to rule the huge Duchy of Aquitaine in southwest France, which was quite extraordinary ...

How John became ‘John Lackland’ John was born around Christmas 1166, or possibly 1167. The uncertainty exists because he was the youngest of the eight known children of Henry I I and Eleanor of ...