aquitaine

That means they're descendent of arguably the most powerful woman in the world's history, Eleanor the Aquitaine [1].

Another fun facts, most of the US Presidents (45) are descendants of the Eleanor of Aquitaine [4].

It's unlikely that there are many ancestors of Eleanor of Aquitaine that achieved more human success than George Washington.

They had large possessions there, from Normandy to Aquitaine and spent time there and on military campaigns.

When Eleanor of Aquitaine married the English king, part of her dowry was a North African city.

For example, my ancestors were living in a swampy marsh, aka Aquitaine coast 150 years ago.

The muslims were defeated in Aquitaine at the Battle of Tours in 732, and the muslims never really tried again after that.

Enron was the Elf Aquitaine [1] compounding moment of the energy industry.

One day Aquitaine was English, the next French, &c.

In 1201, Eleanor of Aquitaine survived in the keep of the castle Mirebeau after attackers were within the walls, until her son King John arrived and captured the attackers, rescuing her.

At least 4 different ethnic group mingled together for a millenia (well, 3 of them did, and the fourth waited 400 years until they were kicked out of Aquitaine and normandy to start).

Except that the most interesting fact is that the mother of King John Lackland Plantagenet (the common ancestor), was Eleanor of Aquitaine who's arguably the most powerful woman in the world's history [1].

Living in France, in Aquitaine, he composed poetry in "langue d'Oc".

I'm currently reading "Queens of the Crusades" by Allison Weir, about the lives of England's Medieval queens, starting from Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Eleanor of Aquitaine was "Aliénor" in Bordeaux and "Eléonore" in Paris.

"Foreigners inappropriately using words" is a ridiculously elitist description of "language use changing over time." At the time the word "Clairet" (in English use) was adopted Aquitaine and Bordeaux were English possessions.

And the statistics [0] show it isn't even close: Occitanie raises 2.5 litres of wine for every litre from Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

It's probable that for Eleanor of Aquitaine, Alexander the Great and/or Aristotle are the ancestors.

Aquitaine was, by marriage, property of the King of England for a three-hundred-years period.