Of the millions of people who are born every year during the Middle Ages, an extremely small number are what we call “blue bloods”, members of the nobility. Out of that already small number, a little percentage can be called “royalty”. Someone who manages to be a monarch not only for one country but for two countries, two adversaries, that is more than rare, that’s unique.
Today, we have the chance of meeting such a woman. Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen of France and Queen of England. I give you: Aliénor d’Aquitaine (Eleanor of Aquitaine).
Timecodes:
Introduction
04:19 - Aquitaine, a Country within a Kingdom
07:53 - Aliénor, Remarkable Young Woman
12:16 - Queen of France
20:18 - The Failed Crusade
25:12 - Queen of England
30:15 - The Widow
32:53 - Conclusion
Music: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs, composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully, arranged and performed by Jérôme Arfouche.
Art: Aliénor d'Aquitaine by Frederick Sandys, 1858
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