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 1123 - 1204 (81 years)
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Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) Consort of King Henry II
Eleanor's effigy at Fontevraud Abbey
was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages, a member of the Ramnufid dynasty of rulers in southwestern France. She became Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right while she was still a child, then later queen consort of France (1137-1152) and England (1154-1189). She was the patron of literary figures such as Wace, Benoit de Sainte-Maure, and Bernart de Ventadorn.
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