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Medieval History-Eleanor of Aquitaine

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1. Who was Eleanor's maternal grandmother?
Constance ✓
Philippa of Toulouse ✓
Matilda ✓
Dangerosa ✓
Eleanor's grandfather WIlliam IX was married to Philippa. Their son became William X. While Philippa was away, Will IX virtually abducted Dangerosa, the wife of Aimery I, with whom she had had a daughter, Aenor. Later, Aenor and the younger William married. Eleanor was their daughter.
2. At her father's death at age 38, Eleanor became countess of which province?
Poitiers ✓
Anjou ✓
Maine ✓
La Marche ✓
William X had no male heirs. Eleanor inherited Poitiers and Aquitaine.
3. Who was Eleanor's first husband?
Henry I ✓
Hugh Lusignan ✓
Louis VII ✓
Richard II ✓
Eleanor's father arranged for her to be under the wardship of Louis VI, with the understanding that she would marry his son and heir.
4. How long were Eleanor and her first husband married before his father died and he became king?
18 months ✓
five years ✓
one year ✓
one week ✓
The marriage took place in Bordeaux on July 25, 1137. Louis VI died of dysentery on August 1, while the young couple were returning to Paris.
5. Of what country did Eleanor then become queen?
Spain ✓
England ✓
Luxemburg ✓
France ✓
6. How many children did Eleanor have in this marriage?
two daughters ✓
one son ✓
none ✓
They daughters, Marie and Alix, were declared illegitimate after the annulment.
7. Who did Eleanor marry after her annulment?
Henry II ✓
Duke of Brittany ✓
Francis I ✓
8. By this marriage she became queen of what country?
Belgium ✓
England ✓
Austria ✓
Netherlands ✓
9. Which of Eleanor's sons was evidently her favorite?
John ✓
Richard ✓
Henry III ✓
Geoffrey ✓
Most accounts of Eleanor's life describe Richard (the Lionheart) as her favorite son.
10. Which of Eleanor's sons was almost certainly responsible for the disappearance and murder of her nephew Arthur?
Geoffrey ✓
Henry ✓
Richard ✓
John ✓
Arthur's postion placed him in line for the throne, which threatened Johns' chances. His exact fate has never been learned.
11. Which of Eleanor's sons, while King of England, spent most of his life on the Continent?
John ✓
Henry, The Young King ✓
Geoffrey ✓
Richard the Lionheart ✓
Richard spent most of his life fighting in the Crusades or in territorial disputes in what is now France.
12. What abbey, where Eleanor was buried, did she support throughout her life?
St. Alban's ✓
St. Swithin's ✓
Fontevrault ✓
Bec ✓
13. Who was Richard the Lionheart's wife?
Berengaria of Navarre ✓
Phillippa of Hainault ✓
Isabella of Angouleme ✓
Margaret Plantagenent ✓
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