Eleanor /ˈelənə(r)/ /ˈelənər/, /ˈelənɔːr/ (alsoElinor) (short formsElla,Ellie,Nell,Nelly) a first name for girls Take your English to the next level TheOxford Learner’s Thesaurusexplains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free ...
Eleanor, the daughter of William X, eighth count of Poitou, and tenth duke of Aquitaine, was born in 1122. Her mother, Aenor de Châtellerault, was the daughter of Aimery, Viscount of Châtellerault. Their only son, William, died as a child. Her younger sister, Petronilla, who was ...
constructed by King Henry I on the site of an earlier one. It was in that older stronghold that William the Conqueror was born. He was known during his lifetime as William the Bastard, for his parents never wed. The