Fontevraud Abbey
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The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French Duchy of Anjou. It was founded in 1101 by the itineran
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Tomb effigies of King Richard I of England (right) and Queen Isabella of Angoulême (left)
Effigies of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (left) and King Henry II of England (right)
Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Eleanor of Aquitaine was Duchess of Aquitaine from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of King Henry II. A
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…1119. The area where the Abbey is located was then part of what is sometimes referred to as the Angevin Empire. The English king Henry II, his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their son, King Richard the Lionheart, were all buried here at the end of the 12th century. It was seized and disestablished as a monastery during…
Tomb effigy at Fontevraud Abbey
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Eleanor's rock crystal vase, which she gave Louis as a wedding gift, now in the Louvre Museum