William, Duke of Aquitaine

Also known as: William duke of Aquitaine · Role: duke · First appears: Henry VI 48

Life events

• c. 1453 · Aquitaine was finally returned from English possession to French obedience.(Henry VI 48 · 📍 Aquitaine)
  • With: Eleanor of Aquitaine Henry II
  • “Thus was the duchie of Aquitaine, which had continued in the English possession, from the yeare of our Lord 1155, vnto this present yeare, which is néere hand thrée hundred yeares, by the mariage of Elenor daughter and heire to William duke of Aquitaine, wife to king Henrie the second, finallie reduced and brought againe to the French obedience and seruitude.”

Henry VI 48

• child: Eleanor of Aquitaine “the mariage of Elenor daughter and heire to William duke of Aquitaine”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.