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    ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE THE POWERFUL DYNAST

    Feb 18, 2021 1 minute

    Eleanor of Aquitaine, born c1122-24, is perhaps one of the most famous queens of medieval western Europe. The only woman to be crowned queen of both France and England, her long life, and position as one of the wealthiest duchesses of

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