Aliénor+d'Aquitaine

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1) Aliénor d'Aquitaine married Louis VII King of France in 1137 at age 15. 2) It was 8 years before they concieved a child. 3) She and 300 of her ladies dressed in armor and "tended to the wounded" during the Crusades, but did not fight. 4) After appealing to him for a divorce, the Pope required she and Louis VII sleep in the same bed in an effort to save their marriage. 5) She had 10 children (2 by Louis VII, 5 sons, and 3 daughters by King Henry II of England.) 6) She lived to be 82, the average life expectancy during the Middle Ages was 35. 7) Richard the Lionhearted I was her son (an alleged homosexual.)