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Eleanor of Aquitaine (b.1122-d.1204) is perhaps the most well known woman associated with the crusades. She was among the most powerful and influential woman of the twelfth century, and certainly one of the most interesting. [Continued...] Eleanor's adultery during the Second Crusade.... [Continued...] Eleanor as the mother of King Richard I... [Continued...] Eleanor's legacy in relation to the so-called Hundred Years War... [Continued...] Louis VII- Crusades-Encyclopedia Second Crusade- Crusades-Encyclopedia Richard the Lionheart- Crusades-Encyclopedia Third Crusade- Crusades-Encyclopedia Hundred Years War- Crusades-Encyclopedia (c) Andrew Holt, April 2006-Permission is granted for electronic copying and distribution in print form for educational and personal use. No permission is granted for commercial use.