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Eleanor of Aquitaine Eleanor of Aquitaine was born around the year 1122. Eleanor’s grandfather was the powerful duke of Aquitaine. When Eleanor was five years old, her grandfather died. This made her father Duke William X. Only a few years later, Eleanor’s mother and older brother died. This made her the heir to Aquitaine. (Internet #1) As she grew up, Eleanor received a good education. Her father was a major fan of troubadours, for his …

…broken bond shall rejoice in the third nestling.’ They called the queen the eagle because she stretched out her wings, as it were, over two kingdoms- France and England. She had been separated from her French relatives through divorce, while the English had separated her from her marriage bed by confining her to prison…Richard, her third son-and thus the third nestling- was the one who would raise his mother’s name to great glory.”