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Eleanor of Aquitaine  

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  • Eleanor of Aquaitaine was born in 1122, and grew up in Provence, France in the era of the troubadours. She became the Countess of Poitou and Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony at the age of 15, in an era when female leadership was exceptional. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Eleanor of Aquitaine]

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