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Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine
(; 1122 or 1124 – 1 April 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the
High Middle Ages
and a member of the
Ramnulfid
dynasty of rulers in southwestern France. She became
Duchess of Aquitaine
in her own right
while she was still a child, then later
Queen consort
of
France
(1137–1152) and of
England
(1154–1189). She was the patron of literary figures such as
Wace
,
Benoît de Sainte-Maure
, and
Bernart de Ventadorn
.
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