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If she got kidnapped, someone could kidnap her, sexually assault her.
And then after they, you know, forced themselves on her, they would have to be like, well, you're spoiled goods now, so you have to marry me.
Oh, my God.
And then now they would be the Duke of Aquitaine.
That was a real risk that she had to worry about.
So the king had to send, like, all his guards from Paris.
The protection you must need.
The protection.
So anyway, so now she's in Paris and she meets her adopted family.
The king is this guy named Louis VI.
You don't have to worry about him.
He's not going to be in this story for very long.
Let's focus on his son, who is also named Louis.
Of course.
Of course.
The guy that we're going to talk more about is the son of the king, the future Louis VII.
And so pretty much as soon as Eleanor arrives, the king is like, okay, you are now engaged to my son, Louis.
Yes.
And you're going to be future queen of France.
And now I think Eleanor was probably expecting that.