Eleanor of Aquitaine ( or Éléonore d'Aquitaine; ; , Alienorde or Alianor; - 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of King Henry II. As the reigning duchess