1152 CE: ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE divorces

–KING LOUIS VII of France

–and takes back her lands, which now represented a good portion of greater France, back with her to England.

On her return to England, a few weeks later she proposes to—and subsequently marries—the eleven years younger Henry, Duke of Normandy, who becomes King of England (King Henry II) two years later in 1154

In due course, two of their sons, King Richard the Lionheart and King John, also become kings of England, respectively.

There is more to the story, of course.

Mid–way through King Henry II’s reign, Eleanor had plotted with her son “Henry the Young King” (no need to digress further into this) to overthrow Henry II. The plot was foiled and Eleanor was imprisoned in 1173. Upon Henry’s death, in 1189, the new king, her son Richard, freed his mom.