HIST 3611 : The Crusades
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Powerful Medieval Woman
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the MIddle Ages. She was first queen of France, and then later became the queen of England when she married Henry, the Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou, who later became King Henry II, one of the first Plantagenets.
