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Divorce of Louis VII and Eleanor

Type Event Region France Time 1152

In March 1152, French King Louis VII and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, formally dissolved their marriage at a church council in Beaugency, annulled …

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  1. 1152Beaugency · Loire ValleyA church council presided over by the Archbishop of Sens declared the marriage of Louis VII and Eleanor invalid on grounds of fourth-degree consanguinity, formally divorcing the two.
  2. c. 1152Poitiers · AquitaineAfter the divorce, Eleanor left the French court, returned to Aquitaine, and resumed control of the duchy as an independent duchess, dissolving the French king's practical control over the vast southwestern fiefs.

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