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Aug 2023
49m 41s

Eleanor of Aquitaine Imprisoned

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Eleanor of Aquitaine is one of the most famous women in European history for good reason. After annulling her marriage from the King of France, she would marry the man who would become Henry II, King of England. But that marriage would sour, and in the end, Eleanor would turn against him.

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