Miss Europa XII century. Well, when a woman becomes a Queen, and that if she becomes her twice? It doesnt happen every day. But, as history shows, no wealth, no sweets not give the usual female happiness. Considering the fate of the Queen of two kingdoms, without mentioning that in the court of the 12th century, he would have gone and century 21. Unusual fate she foretold the name. Spring 1122 the Duke of Aquitaine Guillaume X daughter was born, they named her Aliénor in honor of her mother. The father of the latter, Viscount Hugo de Chatellerault, due to its fantasy dubbed daughter instead of Eleanor - Aliénor from the Latin alienus is different or special. Judging by the terse descriptions of contemporaries, we can conclude that the heiress was tall with long face and large dark eyes. She had thick, copper-red hair gathered in a tight knot below the grid or free-falling on the shoulders. This is why the troubadours called her Golden eagle. Thats what we should learn our modern women, is how to keep in shape in old age. Perhaps, not without reason, poets praised Eleanor not only in youth, but when she was well over seventy ! Eleanor childhood was interested in political and military matters. Graceful and elegant, she was reputed to be an excellent rider and excellent shot from a bow. While still quite young, she became heir to the Duchy of Frances most influential, and the people of Aquitaine enthusiastically accepted the Board of Eleanor. Echoes of the past has brought us a legend connected with the name of the Duchess. According to the legend, she at the age of fifteen years began to love the brave knight Richard, against marriage which were influential relatives. They believed this unequal Union. Once on the eyes, Eleanor knight was killed, and she was married to another. Enviable bride - the Duchess of Aquitaine and the groom was appointed what you need - the French king Louis VII. I bet a great script for Hollywood Directors. Long road ahead In Paris, Eleanor sank into oblivion and alien Puritan customs, established at the Royal court. Husband was very pious, reserved and even cold. The country was ruled by two influential churchman - Odo and Bernard. The Queen did not tolerate strangers and tried to break the stiffness of the Parisian aristocracy, which, of course, made himself a serious enemies. Eleanor were not idle, she proved to be a tactician and has surrounded himself with allies: the poets and musicians admirer and amused as she could. Louis, despite the difference of views, was forced to put up with his wife because stroptivitsu love at first sight. The Queen was an outstanding, highly educated woman. In Paris, she attended lectures of famous philosophers, theologians, lawyers and very upset because she was not allowed to participate in discussions of listeners. Finally, in 1147, the fate of the Queen sent the long-awaited adventure. Louis VII, yielding to persuasion advisers, decided to organize a crusade to Palestine. Eleanor persuaded her husband to take her with him. Despite the age - old enemies-Bernard and Odo who opposed the participation of women in the campaign, she was able to win. Of course, it helped. On its side were Aquitaine knights, but not too willingly marching to the service of the Royal army. Only personal favorite part of the ruler inspired many to enter the service of Louis. At night she had to shiver in dirty tents, and food is prepared is not as refined as in peacetime. Some inexplicable force was pulling her forward. It is by their example inspired the army to feats and raised a military spirit. With us the Queen, with us the beautiful Eleanor ! - understood the soldiers and went on. Perhaps she was one of the first women monarchs, who, with their personal example demonstrated the unity of the state, the unity of the government and the people. Of course, women of the twelfth century were not spoiled by the bathroom or manicure, but they had too heavy a multi-day hike. The enemies of the Queen did not sleep, her well-wishers took care to remove Louis from his wife. Vstretilisi she with her husband only in Antioch, where at that time the rules of the uncle of Eleanor Raymond of Toulouse. After a hard hike Queen willingly accepted his uncles courtship than enraged husband. Louis ordered immediately ordered to March on Jerusalem. In vain his advisors tried to dissuade the king, Louis cautioning that the army is not in order of battle. The husband stood firm and ordered the Queen to follow him. Eleanor suddenly began to resist, then dragged her by force jealous wife in Jerusalem. Unfortunately this is not the first time that jealousy can destroy the Royal family and consequently jeopardize the existence of the Empire Daring attempt to take the city failed, and Louis has lost a favorite location. Broken Eleanor returned to Paris. The Queen became pregnant. In a married couple has grown girl Maria, but all attention was focused on the expectation of the heir. Apparently it pleased God more. Womens happiness is above all After the birth of her second daughter Eleanor and Louis completely alienated from each other. Kingdom staggered, without an heir - no king, no king, the Empire begins to sink into confusion. The relations of the spouses began to deteriorate. Eleanor and Louis seemed to have become estranged. She asked for a divorce and got it just in 1152. Gladly returned to his native Eleanor of Aquitaine, as if to take revenge on the dull years, she organized a Grand celebration in a luxurious Palace. The woman got very upset after losing a high title, but she gained freedom. Sometimes an ordinary womans happiness rises above the throne and all the good, bearing the burden of power reduced to nothing. Eleanor encouraged the chivalric tradition, cultivated sublime attitude towards the lady and her worship. Soon the yard was the most magnificent court then Europe. Did not take long and the fans. One of them is a cheerful, talkative, passionate, in a word, a complete contrast to the former husband of Eleanor - Henry Plantagenet - lit in the Duchess of Aquitaine reciprocal feeling. The only thing that bothered a great lady - young pretender, he was 19 years old. But Henry had seduced Eleanor throne of England, which was supposed to go to him after the death of his uncle, king Stephen. Six months after the wedding, Eleanor gave birth to first child, named in honor of his grandfather William. This event is intentionally coincided with the death of the English king, and on 19 December 1154 Eleanor received the second highest title. Bird in a cage Board the couple started with great enthusiasm. Henry spent a lot of time to fix the law in the country and went down in history under the name of Henry Legislator. He traveled extensively in the counties of England, engaged in the suppression of the rebellion on the border with Wales, was rarely at home. Eleanor at the time did not delve into the administration of the state, most of the time she spent raising children, which she was seven. Eleanor loved most of his third son, Richard, the great Richard, won the second name is Lion Нeart. William died in infancy, and the Queen mother often thought: what kind of injustice that the heir to the throne, not Richard, and his elder brother Henry, a person is much more pale. When the children grew up, the king gave them the counties and titles. Richard went on the insistence of the mother is the plum - Aquitaine. Eleanor was glad to accompany your pet at home, and when she returned to England, then was horrified to learn that Henry, her husband got himself a mistress. According to the legend which has been passed from mouth to mouth, Eleanor wished to meet with the mistress, Rosamund Clifford, but the girl was so beautiful that she immediately ordered her to poison. We only know that Eleanor, after finding out about the infidelity of her husband, went away to another city. A few months later, Henry concluded Eleanor in the castle, so that it could not interfere in his personal life. Richard was one of the most important pillars on which kept not only the Queen, but the Kingdom As young Henry, too, had left this earth on the throne, as it was like this Eleanor, Richard. No wonder mother so admired her son. The new king was exceptionally brave and talented warrior. In memory of the many victories over the Turks, he received the nickname of Richard the Lion Heart. At the end of the third crusade it has failed: Richard was captured by the Austrian Emperor, who demanded a huge ransom for him. The mother immediately paid the required amount. Five years later, in 1199, Richard was killed in Normandy. As if that wasnt willing Eleanor, the king of England was the last son John. It was a cruel, stupid people, which the Queen did not like, and he repaid her in kind. But despite the old age and the loss of loved ones, the Queen did not lose interest in life. She was already well over sixty, but the troubadours still praised in the songs of her beauty, and in matters of European policy, it remained a significant figure to the last of his days. Lived Eleanor of Aquitaine 82 years. By the standards of the 12th century fiction lifespan. Follow #Eleanor of Aquitaine
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