Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor of Aquitaine (~1122-1204) Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine was an intelligent and emancipated woman living in the dark middle ages. Although it is a conventional rule that all ladies of high rank should be described as beautiful, all sources agree that Eleanor of Aquitaine really was beautiful. In addition, she was the richest heiress of France and became successively Queen of France and England. Eleanor was a granddaughter of William IX of Aquitaine (1070-1127), who …

…middle ages. Bibliography · Hallam, E. (ed.): The Plantagenet Encyclopedia (An alphabetical guide to 400 years of English history), Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990 · Kelly, A.: Eleanor of Aquitaine (and the four Kings), Harvard University Press, 1951 · Lofts, N. : Queens of Britain, Hodder and Stoughton, 1977 · Meade, M.: Eleanor of Aquitaine (A biography), Penguin Books, 1977 · Owen, D.D.R.: Eleanor of Aquitaine (Queen and legend), Blackwell, 1993 Novels · Plaidy, J.: Courts of Love, Fontana/Collins, 1989 · Lofts, N.: Eleanor the Queen, Fawcett Crest, 1955