Biography
The Artsy Duchess: 1122-1137 …show more content…
However, in 1227, William X’s father, William IX, died due to illness and William X became the Duke of Aquitaine. Six years earlier, William X of Aquitaine, and Aenor of Chatellerault married; then only a year after, Eleanor of Aquitaine in Bordeaux was born. Eleanor was the oldest of William X’s three children; she had a younger sister, Petronilla, and a younger brother, William Aigret; additionally, she had half-brother named William. William X continued his father’s focus on leading Aquitaine in culture, including the arts, music, and literature. William X ensured that all of his children received the best education, which included learning Latin, art, music, literature, riding, hawking, and hunting; Eleanor of Aquitaine loved poetry