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Where was Eleanor of Aquitaine queen?
As a girl, she lived on her father's land of Poirot. Around the age of thirteen or fifteen, she married Louis VII, the heir of the king of France, and just a month later he was crowned and she became queen; she lived in the palace with her husband. After fifteen years, the Church annulled the marriage. For the next eight weeks Eleanor lived at her home in Aquitaine again, before marrying Henry II, heir of the throne of England. She lived with him, presumably in the palace. Two years after the wedding, they became king and queen of England. It appears that during her queenship Eleanor, being active in her husband's duties, traveled between the palace and her lands or Aquitaine and Poirot. Due to rebellions against her husband that she and her sons attempted, Henry II eventually imprisoned her in various castles of his. After his death, she was a free woman again and lived on her own lands, as she had as a child.
How did monarchs gain their power and loose their power?
Generally speaking, monarchy was either transferred on the death of a monarch to one of their offspring - generally the eldest male, or to the person who killed the monarch (in battle or otherwise) and who then assumed power as the 'strongest' in the land - i.e. the person with the best army!
Who built an empire with agade as the center of power?
I think Sargon the great did, im not quite sure
What was one of the main contributions of the middle ages to Christianity?
Cathedrals were built as testimonies to god's power on Earth.
Why were medieval women expected to bring a dowry into a marriage?
Most medieval women wanted to marry, and a dowry made a woman more attractive. Even the serf women had dowries, which were their hope chests and the money they could save as they waited to marry. The time that was used saving was often several years, and was one of the reasons why medieval peasant women tended to marry rather late, in their mid twenties. The benefit of the dowry was to the couple, and the dowry often included things that were mostly of interest to women; in later times this might have included table linen, curtains, china, and tableware. Peasant men brought to their marriage a proven ability to provide for a family, and this also meant they had to put off marriage to about the same age, mid twenties.
What was unusual about Eleanor of aquitaine?
she had great political power.
What did Eleanor of Aquitaine worry about?
She worried about losing her power...
Do queens of the middle ages own land?
Some did like Eleanor of Aquitaine ( she had Aquitaine) and this gave her power, but the land was a means to an end. Eleanor often used her holdings to gain more power or to use them as an "offering" for something else.
What Eleanor of Aquitaine do?
she did alot of things from establishing the court of love to revolting against her ex husband,but i think that she was a true symbol for girl power.
Can a women be a duchess in her own right?
There were a number of women who held titles in their own rights. Eleanor of Aquitaine and Empress Matilda were duchesses of Aquitaine and Normandy respectively, and had highest power there, subject only to the king. There were a number of women who were queens regnant, also, and this could be done in England, Scotland, several of the small kingdoms that united to form Spain, Poland, and elsewhere. There were reigning Byzantine Empresses. In some countries, a woman could not be a monarch, and in most countries, women were behind their brothers in inheriting a title. The result that there were fewer women in power than men. But they were there.
When did Eleanor Power die?
Eleanor Power died in 1754.
Who was in power of russia when Saint Petersburg was built?
Tsar Peter I of the Russian Empire was the founding monarch of St. Petersburg.
Why Medieval England wars?
The reasons varied. Some were for power and land while others resulted from treason. Good example of a war created by treason was when Eleanor of Aquitaine tried to put her son in the place of Henry on the throne. This happened often within families.
What government has a monarch with unlimited power?
When a monarch has unlimited power, the government is called an absolute monarchy.
How did napoleon conquest of Spain affect Spanish colonies in the Americas?
It demonstrated that power reverted to the people when a monarch was absent.
An absolute monarch is a monarch whose power is not limited by a what?
Parliament
What power did the monarch have?
The monarch had the power to make or change laws, to collect some kinds of taxes and estates.
