Dec 27, 2009

King John | Elinor (Queen Elinor)

Historically, Eleanor of Aquitaine was Queen of France from 1137 until her divorce from Louis VI in 1152. That same year, she married Henry Plantagenet, Count of Anjou; when he became Henry I of England two years later, she became Queen of England. A gifted political strategist, Eleanor of Acquitance took part in several military campaigns, sometimes leading her forces into battle.

Eleanor and Henry I had five children. The oldest was Henry, who died before his father and thus never succeeded to the throne. Instead the second son, Richard Coeur-de-lion, became king when Henry I...