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36: The History of the Plantagenets

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

The Plantagenet's are famous for their temper. They don't really talk about it. But they, like you ever wonder if one of them really embraced it and like got a tattoo of a pentagram? Anyway, in comes Eleanor of Aquitaine. She is 19 years older than Henry II. She is married to the king of France, Louis VII. He does not want to be king. He wanted to be a monk. And she says, I married a monk, not a king. Is what she has a famous phrase. The marriage ended up getting annulled. So she's a free agent.

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