Is Eleanor of Aquitaine and Margaret of Anjou the same person?
No, they aren’t the same person. Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1304) was the consort of Louis VII of France and Henry II of England. Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) was the consort of Henry VI. Most sites are fairly balanced in their coverage of Eleanor, who wasn’t a typical queen of the Middle Ages. A good contrast to Eleanor would be Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045-1093), who was totally obedient to her husband and the Church; what’s more she never smiled. —Contemporary chroniclers severely criticized Eleanor for her participation in the Second Crusades perhaps because she brought along a retinue of 300 women. Rumors also persisted that she had an affair with her uncle Raymond of Poitiers in Antioch. At any rate, her marriage to saintly Louis VII didn’t survive her return home. —Eleanor’s marriage with Louis, with whom Eleanor was ill-matched, was annulled on the grounds of consangunity. Eleanor left behind two daughters to be raised by her first husband in the French court. —Elean
