Eleanor of Aquitaine: Mother of the Pride

In your judgement remember well, my lords, that I and Peter Abelard were a man and woman born beyond our time, living uncomfortably within our century. Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John, was the only woman to be Queen of England and of France. One of the most fascinating and famous women of the Middle Ages, she was renowned for her diplomacy and wisdom.