Posted on 03/31/2023 10:32:31 PM PDT by Ozguy1945
Eleanor of Aquitaine died on the 1st of April 1204, 819 years ago.
She was said to be the most beautiful woman in Europe.
(Perhaps Melania Trump is hotter.)
I call Her a Woman For Freedom because of her wonderful effort in what she did to get her reproductive rights.
(NB I define reproductive rights as the right to reproduce not the twisted modern perversion of that phrase where reproductive rights are considered the right to abortion i.e. the right not to reproduce.)
Fellow Freepers, based on the image, which you can see by clicking the following link, I rate babelicious Queen Eleanor an 11 out of 10
Who agrees?
(Excerpt) Read more at freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com ...
No, she had two daughters with Louis VII of France.
The bio I read of her never mentioned that comment. She actually rode into the 2nd Crusade with Louis VII, as the head of the soldiers from the Duchy of Aquitaine.
Note I said relative
Eleanor’s damage who knows
Her actions against her husband and Richards absences and early demise led the way to Magna Carta under John
Which laid a cornerstone to our govt and legal rights as a first step for nobles over the king
If ever a case could be made that a regent had too many sons lol it was Henry II
Howdy, cousins.
What an exciting life she had.
Howdy back!! She did have an exciting life, and despite being 11 years older than Henry II, she managed to outlive him by 15 years.
I’m a little late to the party here, but there’s a sculpture in the MMA that came from Langon, FR. Langon is in Aquitaine, not far from Bordeaux. EoA once (at least) visited there and some say (some don’t) that it represents her.
You can see it here:
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Notre-Dame-du-bourg_Langon_6.jpg
The faces are supposedly Eleanor and Henry. The eyes are rather stylized IMO but they are two distinct individuals, a woman and a man, sculpted circa the time of their historically recorded visit.
The debate details are here:
https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Eleanor-Of-Aquitaine-Analysis-90472244CA22F54E
what, didn’t she have 5 kids already? Most annulments are bogus. I’m sure they paid the Pope enough...
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