"Au Cœur de l'Histoire" makes you discover a woman with an extraordinary destiny: Eleanor of Aquitaine. Virginie Girod retraces her story in a new episode in two parts. Eleanor of Aquitaine is this duchess with two crowns of the kingdoms of France and England. She is undoubtedly the best-known female historical figure of the Middle Ages. She married successively two kings, Louis VII, then Henry Plantagenet, future Henry II. Eleanor of Aquitaine thus became the titular duchess of one of the largest and richest territories of the medieval West. In the Middle Ages, in the middle of the twelfth century, Aquitaine is the scene of a rivalry between the King of France and the King of England, at the origin of the future Hundred Years War. Eleanor of Aquitaine will find herself at the heart of this conflict. "Au Cœur de l'Histoire" is a Europe 1 Studio production.

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" At the Heart of History" makes you discover a woman with an extraordinary destiny: Eleanor of Aquitaine. Virginie Girod retraces her story in a new episode in two parts. Eleanor of Aquitaine is this duchess with two crowns of the kingdoms of France and England. She is undoubtedly the best-known female historical figure of the Middle Ages. She married successively two kings, Louis VII, then Henry Plantagenet, future Henry II. Eleanor of Aquitaine thus became the titular duchess of one of the largest and richest territories of the medieval West. In the Middle Ages, in the middle of the twelfth century, Aquitaine is the scene of a rivalry between the King of France and the King of England, at the origin of the future Hundred Years War. Eleanor of Aquitaine will find herself at the heart of this conflict. "Au Cœur de l'Histoire" is a Europe 1 Studio production.Topics covered: Crown – Queen – Kingdom – Henry II- Louis VII – England – France – Middle Ages – Duchy of Aquitaine