After years in captivity where her husband and sons warred for control of the kingdom, Eleanor of Aquitaine was finally released from prison on the death of her husband.  Her new task: bail out her sons when they got into trouble.  And boy did they!

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Bibliography

The Lion in Winter (wikipedia)

Roger of Howden (wikipedia)

Philip II (wikipedia)

William Longchamps (wikipedia)

The Third Crusade (wikipedia)

The Capture and Imprisonment of Richard I (www.angus-donald.com)

The Letters of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Pope Celestine III (Medieval Women's Latin Letters)

Abbey of Fontevrault (wikipedia)

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