Dr Elena Janega
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 13 Apr
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It's none time.
And then she almost immediately croaks, which makes me really sad because I really wish that she had had the retirement she wanted in front of her.
Like, I really wish that she'd had a great couple of years where she could just relax and feel as though her work here was done.
But her sons were so garbage.
No, 100%.
It takes a force of will like hers, I would say, to keep that much land together.
It's an absolute ton of land and it isn't traditionally associated.
There isn't anything like a network of people who are overseeing these lands underneath the auspices of the King of England, right?
Which is what we see over in the Holy Roman Empire.
So you have like an emperor who rules everything, but the King of Bohemia is doing his thing.
The Duke of Bavaria is doing his thing, you know, and everybody knows who they kick up to.
This is something that takes a force of will and an incredibly active, clever family to keep together.
And, you know, you can say anything you want about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, but these are two incredibly intelligent people with a real force of will, and they were able to keep this going.
But even then, they weren't able to keep it going without infighting, without some scrapping back and forth.
So it's just a lot of land to keep together, and especially it's a lot of land to keep together if you're not very bright.
Yeah.
Oh yeah.
I didn't get your letter for seven months, which is also a viable thing in the middle ages.
You know, when Eleanor comes calling people to say, oh, Eleanor.
Great.
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