the ledger of connections
The Connections of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness Every person recorded alongside Eleanor of Aquitaine in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Eleanor of Aquitaine in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- William X, Duke of Aquitaine, Aenor de Châtellerault
- Spouses
- Henry II of England, Louis VII of France
- Children
- Richard the Lionheart, King John of England, Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Alice of France, Henry the Young King, Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, Geoffrey II, Eleanor of England, Joan of England
- Siblings
- Petronilla of Aquitaine
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1124 to 1204.
Medieval era
Francis of Assisi
June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
Medieval era
Hildegard of Bingen
1098 – September 17, 1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Medieval era
Richard the Lionheart
September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
Medieval era
King John of England
December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216
King of England from 1199 to 1216
Medieval era
Frederick Barbarossa
1122 – June 10, 1190
Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
Medieval era
Saladin
1138 – March 4, 1193
Sultan who united the Muslim world and retook Jerusalem with famed chivalry
Medieval era
Genghis Khan
May 31, 1162 – August 25, 1227
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history
Medieval era
Fibonacci
1170 – c. 1240
Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
Medieval era
Omar Khayyam
May 18, 1048 – December 4, 1131
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
Medieval era
Maimonides
March 30, 1138 – December 13, 1204
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
Medieval era
Averroes
April 14, 1126 – December 10, 1198
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
Medieval era
Moinuddin Chishti
February 1, 1143 – March 15, 1236
Persian Sufi Chishtiyya order mystic (1143–1236)