Dr Elena Janega

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Dan Snow's History Hit · Eleanor of Aquitaine · 13 Apr 2026 podcast

To wherever it is we need to get to in Europe.

And we are getting divorced.

So she begins to write to the papacy and says, wow, it's crazy because this guy's my cousin.

And which he is.

He's like her second cousin.

But, you know, gosh, everyone who's royal or noble in Europe is a second cousin, third cousin.

And this will go on for quite some time.

So it's an easy get out.

Yeah, exactly.

And so the church doesn't love this because the church doesn't love divorce.

But on the other hand, Eleanor is a force to be reckoned with.

If she's sort of asked for this thing, then fine.

There aren't any sons yet.

So it's kind of easier to break them up at this point.

And to a certain extent, the church is like, well, let's get Louis with someone more tractable.

Let's get Louis together with someone that we feel we can have a little bit more control over.

So the church says, yeah, fine, you're cousins.

That's great.

So they get back to Europe after quite some time.

They are blown off course.

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