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Eleanor of Austria: a daughter of illustrious parents, a marriage pawn

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Tudor & Renaissance Blog, Valois blogPosted November 16, 2020

It is not enough to have illustrious parents and lineages to be happy.  The life of a queen, a princess, or a royal descendant did not belong to her: from her birth, a royal girl was a valuable commodity in the European marriage market, especially if her parents were the...

Tags: Eleanor of Austria, Emperor Charles V, french history, Kin François I of France, Royal marriages, the House of Habsburg, the House of Valois, Valois family
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