Royal Doulton Eleanor Of Aquitaine Figurine HN3957

Royal Doulton
Figurine Eleanor of Aquitaine HN3957
Plantagenet Queens collection
Designer: Alan Maslankowski
Issued:Limited Edition 426/5000
C1997
Made in England
Approx 24.5cms (9 3/4) tall
In excellent condition

About Eleanor of Acquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine (c. 1122 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of King Henry II. As the heiress of the House of Poitiers, which controlled much of southwestern France, she was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages. Militarily, she was a leading figure in the Second Crusade, and in a revolt in favour of her son. Culturally, she was a patron of poets such as Wace, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, and Bernart de Ventadorn, and of the arts of the High Middle Ages.

Eleanor was the eldest child of William X, Duke of Aquitaine, and Aénor de Châtellerault. She became duchess upon her father’s death in April 1137, and three months later she married Louis, son of her guardian King Louis VI of France.