Eleanor+of+Aquitaine+timeline

Timeline of Eleanor of Aquitaine 1121-Louis VII is born, soon to become king of France 1122-Eleanor of Aquitaine is born in the duchy of Aquitaine 1125-Eleanor’s sister Petronilla is born

1126-27-Eleanor’s brother William Aigret is born February 10, 1127-Eleanor’s grandfather, William IX, dies. Eleanor’s father William X, becomes king 1130-Eleanor’s mother and brother die. Eleanor becomes heiress to the throne, for her brother William Aigret had been heir

1131-Prince Louis, the second son of King Louis VI of France, becomes heir to the French throne after his older brother dies 1136-William X proposes marraige to Emma, countess of Limoges, but she is kidnapped and forced to marry to the count of Angouleme. There will be no male heir for the throne April 10, 1137-William X dies on a pilgrimage, and Eleanor inherits Aquitaine, Poitiers, and Gluscony June, 1137-Louis VI, being Eleanor’s guardian, arranges a marriage between her and his son, Prince Louis July 25, 1137-Eleanor and Louis are married in Bordeaux. They are made duke and duchess of Aquitaine August, 1137-Louis VI dies. Prince Louis is now Louis VII of France December 25, 1137-Eleanor and Louis are crowned king and queen of France 1145-Eleanor’s first child Marie is born

June ll, 1147-Eleanor and Louis leave St. Denis to go to the Second Crusade. They are followed by a huge army

March 19-28-Eleanor and Louis stay in Antioch with Eleanor's uncle. Eleanor spends so much time with her uncle that Louis gets jealous of Eleanor's uncle, and forces Eleanor to go with him to Jerusalem

October 9-10- Eleanor and Louis discuss their marraige problems with the pope. The pope doesn't allow them to divorce

1150- Eleanor's second daughter Alix is born

August 1151-Geoffrey of Anjou and his son Henry visit Eleanor and Louis in France

March 21, 1152-Eleanor and Louis are divorced when the Pope dies. Marie and Alix stay with Louis, and Eleanor is sole leader of Aquitaine once again

May 18, 1152- Eleanor secretly marries Henry of Anjou

January, 1153- Henry leaves to invade England. He returns as heir to the English throne

1153-Eleanor's first son William is born.

December 19, 1154-Henry and Eleanor are crowned king and queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London

February 1155- Eleanor's second son Henry is born in London

1156-Henry and Eleanor travel to Aquitaine, where Henry kills rebellious nobles.

1158-A royal pageant goes to France and arranges a marraige between Louis VII's baby daughter and Eleanor's son, Henry

1159- Henry, who is supported by Eleanor, travels to Toulouse, France, but does not take the region over

1162-Thomas Becket, Henry's close friend, becomes Archishop of Canterbury

1165- Louis VII finally has a son named Philip.

December 29, 1170- Thomas Becket, Henry's close friend, is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral, England

March 1173- Henry suspects something is going on with his sons. He takes prince Henry to Chinon, but Prince Henry escapes. He and his btothers are planning to rebel against King Henry

May 1173-Princes Henry and Richard attack Normandy, and Princes Louis and Geoffery attack Vexin.

1173- King Henry invades Poitiers. Peace is made, but fighting resumes in 1174

July 1174- King Henry knew that Eleanor had helped her sons rebel, so he imprisoned her in Old Sarum Castle, Salisbury, England

1175- King Henry suggests that he and Eleanor divorce and that Eleanor retires to Fontevrault Abbey. Eleanor refuses

1180- Louis VII dies. Prince Philip, his son, takes the French throne

June 11, 1183- Prince Henry, Eleanor's eldest son, dies

1186- Geoffery, Eleanor's second oldest son, is killed

July 6, 1189-Henry II dies. He is buried at Fontevrault Abbey. Eleanor is freed from prison

September 3, 1189- Richard, Eleanor's oldest surviving son, is crowned king of England

1190- Richard leaves on the Third Crusade. Later that year, Eleanor arranges marraige between Richard and Berengaria, a Spanish princess

1199- Richard, who had become Richard the Lionheart, died of a battle wound. John, Richard's younger brother, becomes king.

May 25, 1199- Eleanor's son John is crowned king after Richard died

April 1, 1204- Eleanor dies and is buried at Fontevrault Abbey, in between Henry II and Richard the Lionheart