General Notes

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HISTELEANOR OF AQUITAINE, QUEEN CONSORT OF FRANCE (1137-1152), QUEEN CONSO
RT OF ENGALND (1154-1204), INHERITED THE DUCHY OF AQUITAINE FROM HER FATH
ER IN 1137, THE SAME YEAR SHE MARRIED LOUIS VII,KING OF FRANCE.  SHE ACCOM
PANIED HER HUSBA ND ON THESECOND CRUSADE TO THE HOLY LAND, WHERE IT WAS RU
MOURED THAT SHE HAD CO MMITTED ADULTERY.   THAT SCANDEL, AND THE FACT TH
AT SHE HAD NOT GIVEN THE KING A MALE HEIR, RESULTED IN THE ANNULMENT OF TH
EIR MARRIAGE IN 1152 UNDER THE PRET EXT OF BLOODKINSHIP BETWEEN HER AND T
HE KING.  TWO MONTHS LATER SHE MARRIED AND GAVE HER POSSESIONS TO HENRY I
I, KING OF ENGLAND. IN 1170,  THE QUEEN INDUCED HER HUSBAND INTO GIVING  T
HEIR SON RICHARD THE LION-HEART HER POSSESSIONS  OF G ASCONY, AQUITAINE,A
ND POITOU.  WHEN RICHARD AND HIS BROTHERS REBELLED AGAINST T HEIR FATH
ER IN 1173, ELEANOR, ALREADY ALIENATED FROM THE KING BECAUSE OF HIS UN FAI
THFULNESS, SUPPORTED HER SONS.  SHE WAS IMPRISONED UNTIL 1185.  AFTER H
ER RE LEASE, SHE SECURED THESUCCESSION OF RICHARD TO THE THRONE OF ENGLAN
D.  FROM THE DEATH OF HENRY IN 1189 UNTIL RICHARD'S RETURN FROM THE 3RD CR
USADE IN 1194, EL EANOR RULED AS REGENT.  DURING THIS TIME, SHE FOILED A P
LOT BY HER SON JOHN (TH E FUTURE KING) TO SEIZEPOWER.