received in requital of his gallant services against the Emperor Otto, a grant
from King Robert, of the dignified office of Seneschal of France.
Count of Anjou.Return to Gottfried (Gauzfred) I Grisegonelle OF ANJOU
GEN: NSFX Queen of England GEN: Eleanor of Aquitaine, b. 1122, d. Apr.
1, 1204, renowned for her GEN: cultivated GEN: intelligence and great
beauty, was queen to two kings and mother of GEN: two GEN: others, and
a patroness of courtly literature. Heiress of the duchy of GEN:
Aquitaine, she married LOUIS VII of France in 1137; at his court she
GEN: demonstrated a genius for cunning, interfering in royal policy to
his GEN: detriment. She accompanied (1147) him on the Second Crusade,
where her GEN: conduct led Louis to doubt her fidelity. Although
consanguinity was GEN: the GEN: official reason for the annulment of
their marriage in 1152, basic GEN: incompatibility was the real
reason. Hardly had her marriage to Louis GEN: been GEN: dissolved when
Eleanor married Henry of Anjou, soon to become (1154) GEN: King GEN:
HENRY II of England. This marriage, by which her inheritance passed to
GEN: the GEN: English crown, was as stormy as her first. Having
supported her sons GEN: in GEN: revolt (1173) against their father,
she spent most of the rest of GEN: Henry's GEN: reign locked in a
tower. A dominant figure in English politics during GEN: the GEN:
reign (1189-1204) of her son RICHARD I, she supported the succession
GEN: of GEN: her GEN: youngest son, JOHN, before returning to her
native Aquitaine at the GEN: end of GEN: her life. GEN: Bibliography:
Kelly, Amy, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings GEN: (1950); GEN:
Kibler, W., Eleanor of Aquitaine: Patron and Politician (1976); Meade,
GEN: Marion, Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography (1977; repr. 1980);
Seward, GEN: Desmond, Eleanor of Aquitaine (1986). GEN: ABBR Dr. Erick
Brandenburg: Die Nachkommen Karls des G GEN: TITL Dr. Erick
Brandenburg: Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen, 1935 GEN: ABBR 1992
Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. GEN: TITL 1992 Grolier Electronic
Publishing, Inc.
Other sources say she died 26 Jun 1202 and she was born Chateau de Belin.
Burke thinks she died 1162.
Countess of Saintonge, Angoumois, Limousin, Auvergne, Bordeaux, Agen.Return to Eleanor OF AQUITAINE
Some sources say he resigned the Dukedom for his son in 1021, but this is not
indicated in Stammtafeln. Some sources also say died 1025, but Stammtafeln
indicates 1030.Return to William III\V (Guido) "the Great" OF AQUITAINE
Assisted Philip I of France against William the Conqueror. He erected the
Palace of Poictou, and, after confering large donations on the Church, died.
The dates and name are unclear. Some label him as William VII.Return to William IX the Troubador OF AQUITAINE
Founded the Priory of St. Gemma in Xaintonge. Some sources say died 1021, but
no Duke of Aquitaine died then according to Stammtafeln.Return to William VI\VIII (Guido) OF AQUITAINE
Burke says he died in 1156. Some call him William VIII.
Return to William X the Toulousan OF AQUITAINE
consecrated by his cousin St. Columba.
Return to Aidan macGabhran OF ARGYLL