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31 MARCH 1204
Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was first married to Louis VII of France, from 1137 until their divorce in spring 1352. She married Henry II of England in May 1352. At the time of her death she was 82.
She was buried at the abbey church in Fontevrault, next to her second husband. Several of their children, including their son Richard I ‘the Lionheart’ are also buried there.
Source: ODNB ‘Eleanor , suo jure duchess of Aquitaine (c.1122–1204)’
Photograph of the tomb effigies of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II at Fontevrault Abbey taken by ElanorGamgee; obtained through Wikimedia Commons.
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