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Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages, a member of the Ramnulfid dynasty of rulers in southwestern France. She became Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right while she was still a child.
1123
| 1123 • Furness Abbey founded in the north-west of England by Stephen, Count of Boulogne, for the Order of Savigny; it will become the country's second wealthiest and most powerful Cistercian monastery. |
1156
Age: 33y
birth of childEmpress Matilda Of England 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1156 • Reginald of Chatillon sacks Cyprus. |
1156
Age: 33y
birth of childMatilda of England |
| 1156 • Mosan artists create the Stavelot Triptych, a masterpiece of goldsmithing, as a reliquary to house purported pieces of the True Cross. |
1204
Apr 1
Age: 81y