LEONOR PLANTAGENET REINA DE CASTILLA also known as Eleanor of England (1162 – 1214) - was Queen of Castile and Toledo as wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile. She was a daughter of Henry II of England and his wife, Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor best inherited her mother's political influence. She was almost as powerful as her husband, who specified in his will that she was to rule alongside their son in the event of his death.
Eleanor is a girl's name of English, French origin meaning "light-hearted; shining light". Derived from the Provençal name "Aliénor."
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Ruler of two nations, mother to kings and queens, leader of a crusade: Eleanor of Aquitaine was a savvy power player in medieval France and England.
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“Gone in 60 Seconds” captured the imagination of car lovers with cars like the 1967 Ford Mustang named Eleanor, which is now up for auction.
There is a deep, warm solitude running through all of Eleanor Ray’s paintings — a sense of being alone and luxuriating in the human silence and changing light.