Eleanor of Aquitaine was the wealthiest woman in medieval Europe, queen consort of both France and England, and a political strategist who outmaneuvered kings, popes, and her own sons. In an age when women were treated as political currency, Eleanor commanded armies and shaped the fate of two dynasties.

This episode follows Eleanor from her inheritance of the Duchy of Aquitaine at fifteen, through a crusade marriage to Louis VII, to her rivalry with Henry II and sixteen years of captivity before crowning Richard the Lionheart.

• How Eleanor inherited one of Europe’s richest territories at fifteen
• The scandalous Second Crusade and the collapse of her first marriage
• Her rebellion against Henry II and sixteen years of imprisonment
• The political maneuvering that placed Richard the Lionheart on the throne