#eleanor of aquitaine

[ladygodgiven]

#tliw #the lion in winter #eleanor of aquitaine #nobody does it like her

[cesareeborgia]

↳ favourite queen consorts of england

#eleanor of aquitaine #isabella of france #philippa of hainault #elizabeth woodville #anne boleyn #house plantagenet #house tudor #house boleyn #house woodville #english history #englishqueens* #anneboleynedit #historyedit #my gifs #creations*

[bucksboobs]

She ordered the assassiSLAYtion of the ArchMOTHER of CUNTerbury by asking “will no one rid me of this SERVEulant PUSSY?”

#katherine hepburn #welcome dear mutuals to jokes for Two People Only enjoy your slay I mean stay #eleanor of aquitaine #the lion in winter

[stephantom]

Eleanor: You'd only just found Rosamund. Henry: Not her so damn particularly. I found other women. Eleanor: Countless others. Henry: What's your count?

+ bonus

#the lion in winter #peter o'toole #katharine hepburn #becket #eleanor of aquitaine #king henry ii #henry ii #thomas becket #rosamund #filmedit #peter o’toole #becket 1964 #things i made #peter o’toole as henry ii cinematic universe

[incendavery]

queen eleanor's confession

#comics on tumblr #artists on tumblr #eleanor of aquitaine #queen eleanor's confession #davedrawsstuff #no image description. sorry. im tired. if u write one i will gratefully reblog

[angevinyaoiz]

Love and War

#eleanor/richard #eleanor of aquitaine #richard the lionheart #something wholesome and historical after that Other Post #confused house of Oedipus #my art #12th century #medieval

[entropiasgift]

"Dear me, whatever shall we do with mother?"

#the lion in winter #geoffrey ii of brittany #eleanor of aquitaine #james goldman #geoffrey: *exists* #*is a cunning and sarcastic little bitch* #*has mommy and daddy issues* #*abandonment and neglect issues* #*deeply sad and lonely but having fun with his pain* #*enjoying the misery of it all because it's the only thing that he knows and the only thing he has* #me: my boy my baby boy #ROT :) #I'm normal about this play I swear #and I'm very normal about geoffrey and the plantagenets in general I swear even more

[goodqueenaly]

Grrm has said that he considers Queen Alysanne to be the Eleanor of Aquitaine of Westeros. do you like that comparison and/or can find any parallels?

For what it's worth, I tend to take that statement in context - namely, as a direction to the artist Amok on how he, GRRM, envisioned Alysanne. It is perhaps unsurprising that GRRM would reach for Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor in The Lion in Winter as the physical model for his older Alysanne: the 1968 classic featuring a dominating queenly lead would have been right in the young GRRM's wheelhouse, fitting comfortably alongside the midcentury medievalism which seems to have laid the early groundwork in his mind for ASOIAF. (Though in terms of personality, I think Hepburn's Eleanor may be more akin to someone like Olenna Redwyne - the powerful elder woman, sassy, confident, scheming, and ambitious.)

Anyway, I don't see much in the way of very strong parallels between Eleanor and Alysanne. Certainly, both women shared long but sometimes troubled marriages and many children, though these features are hardly unique to Eleanor. Alysanne was not, as Eleanor was, a titled and independent aristocrat in her own right, with an inheritance of her own to return to and rule (what a pity Alysanne did not have her own Poitiers to escape Jaehaerys!). Alysanne did not come to Jaehaerys a (former) queen and mature woman, but was instead a teenage princess (although you might make a thin comparison between Alysanne's attempt to elude a Baratheon marriage by eloping with Jaehaerys and Eleanor's escape from kidnapping and forced marriage to wed Henry II). The marriage of Henry and Eleanor was not, as Jaehaerys and Alysanne's was (at least to begin with) purely an affair of romantic passion but rather a political pact between high-ranking peers. The personal divisions between Jaehaerys and Alysanne were rooted not in spousal infidelity (which Henry practiced so spectacularly) nor filial rebellion, but rather Jaehaerys' violent misogyny. Alysanne's political power was far more limited than Eleanor's ever was, not only because Eleanor had her own properties, but because she was empowered to be regent in the reigns of both her husband and her son Richard. Eleanor was far more active in arranging politically advantageous marriages for her children and granddaughters than Alysanne ever seems to have been (especially since Fire and Blood Volume 1 did little to focus on diplomatic marriages for the Targaryen princes and princesses). Eleanor continued to be active politically and religiously well into widowhood (and indeed survived Henry II by some 15 years), while Alysanne of course predeceased Jaehaerys.

If we are looking for one specific historical source of inspiration as GRRM was creating Alysanne, I think the answer is Philippa of Hainault, especially as depicted in The Accursed Kings - the specifically less than beautiful princess, married for love as a teenager to her likewise teenage groom, a long-serving queen to the (ostensibly) greatest king of his dynasty, mother of a large family and the beau ideal of medieval queenship. (It's perhaps worth noting - and groaning once again - that Maurice Druon himself had nothing kind to say about Eleanor of Aquitaine - not only having his beloved Robert of Artois assert that Eleanor "having made her first husband ... so notorious a cuckold that their marriage was dissolved, took her wanton body and her duchy to" Henry II, but then adding as a "historical note" that Eleanor was "an unfaithful princess, at least to her first husband, the King of France" - assertions that, I need not remind you, have no basis in historical evidence.)

#asoiaf meta #alysanne targaryen #eleanor of aquitaine #historical parallels #real world inspiration

[royal-confessions]

“I'm tired of TV series and films about Princess Diana or Empress Elisabeth of Austria, I know they've played their part in history. But it would be nice to make some film productions about women who have had an impact on the history of monarchies, for example Queen Leonor of Aquitaine, Queen Christina of Sweden or other notable royal women.” - Submitted by cenacevedo15

#eleanor of aquitaine #Queen Christina #popular

[unicornofthemidwest]

Shakespeare’s King John has literally everything going for it. A main guy who sucks so bad. A hot bastard who’s debatably the hero of the show. A furious mother with some banger monologues. Child death. Some old guy. Eleanor of Aquitaine. Truly one of the most stories ever told.

#shakespeare #King John #phillip faulconbridge/Richard #Constance my beloved #Shes obviously not just a mother she’s also a usurper/righteous warrior but yk what I mean #“I am not mad” I love you #arthur also my beloved #Literally baby #Hubert #hes there #eleanor of aquitaine #Shakespeare king john

[electricaliceart]

How dear of you to let me out of jail

#the lion in winter #eleanor of aquitaine #henry ii plantagenet #katherine hepburn #peter o'toole #quick quick sketch done on the couch while rewatching my comfort family movie where everyone wants to stab each other

[sodatank]

MILF!!! MILF!!!

#eleanor of aquitaine #historical rpf #the roses are damascus roses... bcs i wanted to play on english rose but then modern roses didnt cross over to europe quite yet... so ... #myart

[cesareeborgia]

↳ a brief guide to house plantagenet history: the anarchy (part 1)

#house plantagenet #henry i #henry ii #stephen i #empress matilda #matilda of boulogne #eleanor of aquitaine #the anarchy #white ship #english history #history #historicalevents* #plantagenetguide* #my gifs #creations*

[baublecoded]

#henry ii #richard i #eleanor of aquitaine #geoffrey of brittany #henry the young king #vibes

[racefortheironthrone]

I was reading about Eleanor of Aquitaine on her way to her first wedding and then returning home after that marriage there were real fears of her being ambushed so rival lords could marry her and take her lands. This never happened, but wondering if there examples of it?

Yes, it happened quite a bit earlier in medieval French/Frankish history. It’s a major part of the reason why the Catholic Church got so emphatic about consent being necessary for a valid marriage.

#history #medieval history #canon law #eleanor of aquitaine

[higherentity]

#eleanor of aquitaine #queen of france #queen of england #art #painting #1900s #1100s #queen #royal #edmund blair leighton