Though her reputation had been tarnished by her amorous affairs in Palestine during the Second Crusade, she was still the richest heiress in Europe.įrom the highs and lows of her tumultuous marriage, to her strong relationships with her ten children, Eleanor carved out a position of great authority for herself.Ībove all, this is the story of a woman who loved too deeply for her own good.īut will it ultimately lead to her downfall? Meanwhile, Eleanor, divorced queen of France, twelve years older than her husband, yet at the peak of her beauty, knew that she too was destined for great things. Still only in his teens, but a man of overweening ambition and unbridled passion, Henry was destined to become King of England. Henry was the son of the most feared woman in Europe a woman reputedly descended from the devil - Empress Matilda. The marriage of Henry of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and Eleanor of Aquitaine was the sensation of the medieval world.
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