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Katy

Katy

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
823 total appearances

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

News traveled really slow back then.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

There was no internet.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

And it was like, wait, she was just the queen of France, and now she's...

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

The Queen of England?

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

Yeah.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

To piss Louie off even more, these people have, like, ten kids and, like, six of them are sons.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

That's something like, yeah.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

Oh, my God, Louie.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

They have so many sons that it actually becomes a problem.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

Oh, my God.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

Yeah.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

So we're going to do some major skimming.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

They get married in 1154.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

Henry becomes the King of England.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

And so with their combined titles, they are King and Queen of England, Duke and Duchess of Aquitaine, and Duke and Duchess of Normandy, and Countess of Anjou.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

So they're just...

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

Busy.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

The resumes.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

Busy and booked.

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Built Empires for Loser Kings

And something that's also important to remember, this is not a love marriage.