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The 18 pages that link to Eleanor of Aquitaine, each with the reason it gives.

• Courtly loveRelated: Her courts are often associated with the patronage and circulation of courtly literature.

• Henry II of EnglandRelated: Her inheritance brought vast French territories into Henry's dynastic lands.

• Angevin EmpireRelated: Her Aquitaine inheritance became the empire’s largest southern territory.

• Philip II of FranceRelated: Her sons ruled lands that Philip sought to bring under French control.

• Richard I of EnglandRelated: Richard’s mother helped secure his succession and acted as a political intermediary.

• Chrétien de TroyesRelated: Her courtly milieu helps explain the aristocratic settings and audiences of Chrétien’s romances.

• Duchy of AquitaineRelated: Her marriage to Henry II brought Aquitaine under the control of England’s Angevin rulers.

• Louis VII of FranceRelated: Her marriage to Louis ended in annulment, changing the political map of western France.

• BordeauxRelated: Her marriage helped bring Aquitaine, including Bordeaux, under English rule.

• John, King of EnglandRelated: Her lands and political influence shaped the family inheritance John struggled to preserve.

• House of PlantagenetRelated: Her marriage to Henry II brought extensive French territories into the royal family’s domain.

• Marie de FranceRelated: Her courts provide a possible context for the aristocratic culture reflected in Marie’s poems.

• PoitiersRelated: Her court and authority linked Poitiers to the politics of Aquitaine and the Angevin realms.

• Louis VIII of FranceRelated: The lands associated with her inheritance were central to the territorial contest Louis VIII pursued.

• Henry the Young KingRelated: His mother supported her sons’ resistance to Henry II.

• LimogesRelated: Her inheritance connected Limoges and the surrounding region to competing French and English claims.