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Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124–1204 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 1124

Birth Location: Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France

Death Date: 31 Mar 1204

Death Location: Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

Father: William X

Mother: Aenor CHATELLERAULT

Spouse(s): Henry England, France VII

Children(s): John England, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Joanna England, Matilda England, Henry III, Richard England, Geoffrey Brittany, Eleanor Plantagenet, Agnes Capet, Marie Capet, William Poitiers

In 1124, Eleanor of Aquitaine entered the world in Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, born to William Count Of Poitou 27 Guillaume Of Aquitaine X And Aenor Eleanor 27 De Chatellerault. Eleanor of Aquitaine married France Louis Vii, Henry Ii King Of England, and had children including Agnes Capet, Eleanor 26 Plantagenet, Geoffrey Fitzroy Plantagenet, Geoffrey Ii Duke Of Brittany, Henry Plantagenet Iii, Joanna Plantagenet Princess Of England, John I Lackland Plantagenet King Of England, Marie Capet, Matilda Princess Of England, Richard I King Of England, William Count Of Poitiers. Eleanor of Aquitaine passed away in 1204 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.

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Biography

  • In 1124, Eleanor of Aquitaine entered the world in Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, born to William Count Of Poitou 27 Guillaume Of Aquitaine X And Aenor Eleanor 27 De Chatellerault.
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine married France Louis Vii, Henry Ii King Of England, and had children including Agnes Capet, Eleanor 26 Plantagenet, Geoffrey Fitzroy Plantagenet, Geoffrey Ii Duke Of Brittany, Henry Plantagenet Iii, Joanna Plantagenet Princess Of England, John I Lackland Plantagenet King Of England, Marie Capet, Matilda Princess Of England, Richard I King Of England, William Count Of Poitiers.
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine passed away in 1204 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

William X
1099–1137
Birth Location: Toulouse, Jura, Franche-Comte, France
WX
Aenor CHATELLERAULT
1103–1129
Birth Location: Chatellerault, Aquitaine, France
AC

Spouses(s)

Henry England
1133–1189
Birth Location: Le Mans, Sarthe, France
HE
France VII
1119–1180
Birth Location: Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
FV

Children(s)

John England
1166–1216
Birth Location: Beaumont Place, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
JE
Geoffrey Plantagenet
1152–1212
Birth Location: Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
GP
Joanna England
1165–1199
Birth Location: Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
JE
Matilda England
1156–1189
Birth Location: Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
ME
Henry III
1155–1183
Birth Location: Greater London, England
HI
Richard England
1157–1199
Birth Location: Beaumont Place, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
RE
Geoffrey Brittany
1158–1186
Birth Location: Gloucestershire, England
GB
Eleanor Plantagenet
1162–1214
Birth Location: Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
EP
Agnes Capet
1139–1171
Birth Location: Paris, Seine, France
AC
Marie Capet
1138–1198
Birth Location: Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
MC
William Poitiers
1153–1156
Birth Location: Normandy, France
WP

Eleanor Aquitaine's Ancestors

Self
Eleanor Aquitaine
1124–1204
Birth Place: Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
Parents
William Count of Poitou(27) Guillaume of Aquitaine X
1099–1137
Toulouse, Jura, Franche-Comte, France
Aenor ((Eleanor) (27) de) CHATELLERAULT
1103–1129
Chatellerault, Aquitaine, France
Grandparents
William (Guillaume Troudadour Poitiers (28) de Aquitaine) IX
1071–1126
France
Phillipa (Maud Countess (28) of) Toulouse
1073–1118
Toulouse, France
Great-Grandparents
William VIII
1024–1086
Hildegarde Bourgogne
1050–1120
Guillaume Toulouse
1040–1093
Emma Demortaigne
1058–1080
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Eleanor Aquitaine's Descendants

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Eleanor (of) Aquitaine (Apr 1124–31 Mar 1204) m. Henry (II King Of) England (05 Mar 1133–06 Jul 1189) m. France (Louis) VII (05 Sep 1119–18 Sep 1180)
  1. 1. John (I 'Lackland' Plantagenet King of) England 1166–1216 m. Isabel (Taillefer Of Angouleme, Queen of) England(25) 1188–1246 m. Clemence (le Boteler) (25) 1175–1231
    1. 1. Princess (Joan Plantagenet of) England 1210–1238 m. Alexander Dunkeld 1198–1249
    2. 2. King (Henry) III 1207–1272 m. Eleanor (Berenger of Provence) (23) 1217–1291
      1. 1. Edward (I Plantagenet Longshanks) England 1239–1307 m. Eleanor Castille 1244–1290 m. Margaret (of) France 1279–1317
        1. 1. Joan (England (Joan of Acre)) Plantagenet 1272–1307 m. Gilbert (de) Clare 1243–1295
        2. 2. Berengaria Plantagenet 1276–1278
        3. 3. Joan Plantagenet 1265–1265
        4. 4. Alfonso Plantagenet 1273–1284
        5. 5. Eleanor Plantagenet 1269–1298
        6. 6. John Plantagenet 1266–1271
        7. 7. Elizabeth ((21)) Plantagenet 1282–1316 m. Humphrey (Earl of Hereford and Essex (21) De Bohun) VIII 1276–1322
        8. 8. Edward (King of England) II 1284–1327 m. Isabel (of France) Capet 1292–1358
        9. 9. Thomas (of) Brotherton 1300–1338
        10. 10. Edmund (Plantagenet of) Woodstock 1301–1330
        11. 11. Margaretha (Van) York 1275–1333
        12. 12. Mary Plantagenet 1278–1332
        13. 13. Beatrice (Princess of) England 1286–1286
        14. 14. Katherine Plantagenet –1264
        15. 15. Isabella Plantagenet 1279–1279
      2. 2. Margaret (of England) Plantagenet 1240–1275 m. Alexander Scotland 1241–1286
        1. 1. David Canmore 1272–1281
        2. 2. Alexander (IV King of Scotland) Dunkeld 1264–1283
        3. 3. Margaret Canmore 1261–1283
      3. 3. Edmund Plantagenet 1245–1296 m. Blanche (of Artois) (23) 1243–1302
        1. 1. Henry ((Earl of Lancaster ) Plantagenet) (22) 1281–1345 m. Maude (De Chaworth) (22) 1282–1317
        2. 2. Thomas Lancaster 1277–1322
      4. 4. Richard (Plantagenet Prince) England 1247–
    3. 3. Richard (of Cornwall De) Plantagenet 1209–1272 m. Isabel ((26)) Marshal 1200–1240
    4. 4. Joan ((illegitimate daughter of KiNG JOHN) of Wales Plantagenet) (27) 1190–1236 m. Llewelyn ("Fawr" (Prince of Wales) Ap Iorwerth) (27) 1173–1240
      1. 1. Gwladys (Verch Llewelyn) (26) 1194–1251 m. Ralph (II 'Lord of Wigmore (26) De) Mortimer 1190–1246 m. Reginald (De) BRAOSE 1178–1228
        1. 1. Roger (of Wigmore de Mortimer) (25) 1231–1282 m. Maud (de) Braose 1226–1301
        2. 2. Hugh DeMortimer 1234–1415
        3. 3. Joan Mortimer 1239–1295
      2. 2. Gwenllian (Verch) Llywelyn 1207–1281
      3. 3. Elen ((Helen) Verch) Llewelyn 1207–1253
      4. 4. Dafydd Llywelyn 1215–1246
      5. 5. Gruffudd (Ap) Llywelyn 1190–1244
      6. 6. Tegwared Llywelyn 1192–1252
    5. 5. Isabella (Plantagenet, Holy Roman) Empress 1214–1241
    6. 6. Eleanor Plantagenet 1215–1275
  2. 2. Geoffrey (FitzRoy) Plantagenet 1152–1212
  3. 3. Joanna (Plantagenet Princess of) England 1165–1199
  4. 4. Matilda (Princess Of) England 1156–1189 m. Henry (The) Lion 1129–1195
    1. 1. Wilhelm (von) Lüneburg 1184–1213
    2. 2. Henry (of Brunswick) V 1173–1227
  5. 5. Henry (Plantagenet) III 1155–1183
  6. 6. Richard (I King Of) England 1157–1199
  7. 7. Geoffrey (II Duke of) Brittany 1158–1186
  8. 8. Eleanor ((26 )) Plantagenet 1162–1214 m. Alfonso (King of Castile (26) Sanchez) VIII 1155–1214
    1. 1. Blanche ((25 great grandmother) de) Castile 1188–1252 m. Louis (Capet, King of France) VIII 1187–1226
      1. 1. Robert (I Of) Artois 1216–1250 m. Mahaut (Maud Matilda Brabant Countess) Artois 1224–1288 m. of (Brabant) Matildis 1218–1288
        1. 1. Blanche (of Artois) (23) 1243–1302 m. Edmund Plantagenet 1245–1296 m. King (Henry I "The Fat" of) Navarre 1244–1274
      2. 2. Blanca (Alphonsa) Capet 1205–1206
      3. 3. Agnes France 1207–1207
      4. 4. Philippe France 1209–1218
      5. 5. Louis (IX of) France 1215–1270
      6. 6. Carlos Capet 1227–1285
    2. 2. Berengaria (Alfonsez of) Castile 1180–1246 m. Alfonso (King De (24) Leon) IX 1171–1230
      1. 1. Berenguela ((Berengaria) DE LEON) (24) 1204–1237 m. Jean ((King of Jerusalem)(24) De Brienne) I 1148–1237
        1. 1. Louis (Viscount De Beaumont Acre de Brienne) (23) 1225–1297 m. Agnes (Vicomtesse (23) de) Beaumont 1238–1301 m. Jeanne (Duloir Baroness) DeChateaudun 1227–1265
        2. 2. Jean (Grand Butler) Brienne 1230–1296
        3. 3. Alphonse (D'acre Comte D'eu) Brienne 1228–1270
        4. 4. Marie (De) Brienne 1225–1275
      2. 2. Ferdinand (Castile-León) III 1201–1252 m. Jeanne (\Joanna De) Dammartin 1216–1279
        1. 1. Eleanor Castille 1244–1290 m. Edward (I Plantagenet Longshanks) England 1239–1307
    3. 3. Leonor (Van) Castile –1244
    4. 4. Urraca (of) Castile 1187–1220
    5. 5. Leonor (De) Aragona 1202–1244
    6. 6. Fernando (de Castilla y) Plantagenet 1189–1211
    7. 7. Mafalda (de Castilla y) Plantagenet 1191–1211
    8. 8. Sancho (de Castilla y) Plantagenet 1181–1181
    9. 9. Enrique (1 Koning Van) Castile 1204–1217
  9. 9. Agnes Capet 1139–1171
  10. 10. Marie Capet 1138–1198
  11. 11. William (Count of) Poitiers 1153–1156

Eleanor Aquitaine's Timeline

4 Records

1122
06 Dec 1122
Birth of Eleanor of Aquitaine in Béliet, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
Béliet, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
1124
Apr 1124
Birth of Eleanor of Aquitaine in Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
1204
01 Apr 1204
Age 80
Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine in Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays De La Loire, France
Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays De La Loire, France
1204
31 Mar 1204
Age 80
Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 06 Dec 1122
    Event Place: Béliet, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 1124
    Event Place: Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Apr 1204
    Event Place: Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays De La Loire, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1204
    Event Place: Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index
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