Feb 26 2012
4:08 pm
fuckyeahhistorycrushes: The first woman to ask for divorce and lead an army, Eleanor of Aquitaine lived until she was 82 (pretty good considering most died in their 40s). She got a formal education, which was really rare for women in that era. There are rumours that she poisoned her second husband Henry II’s mistress, the Fair Rosamund.  This lady’s bad-ass.

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

The first woman to ask for divorce and lead an army, Eleanor of Aquitaine lived until she was 82 (pretty good considering most died in their 40s). She got a formal education, which was really rare for women in that era. There are rumours that she poisoned her second husband Henry II’s mistress, the Fair Rosamund. 

This lady’s bad-ass.

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    She also joined her sons in their rebellion against her husband/their father/King Henry II, and rode to Crusade with her...
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    to ask for divorce and lead...Aquitaine (1122) lived until she was 82 (pretty good...
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    to ask for divorce and lead...Aquitaine (1122) lived until she was 82 (pretty good...
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    i love this lady. she’s a hdic. srsly.
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