![]() She was the eldest of the three children of William X, Duke of Aquitaine and Aenor de Châtellerault. ![]() Through some historical detective work, historians have deduced that Eleanor was most likely born in 1122 in either Poitiers, Bordeaux, or Nieul-sur-l’Autis, all cities in her father’s lands, all now in France. Currently, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother holds the record the longest-lived British Queen Consort. She was the longest-lived British Queen Consort until the death of Queen Mary, wife of King George V, 749 years later. ![]() ![]() Detail of Eleanor of Aquitaine’s effigy By Adam Bishop – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Įleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, Queen of France (the first wife of King Louis VII of France, marriage annulled after 15 years) and Queen of England (wife of King Henry II of England) survived her first husband, her second husband, and eight of her ten children. ![]()
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