Eleanor of Aquitaine vs Ismail al-Jazari
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Compare the life timelines of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204) and Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 68 years, from 1136 to 1204.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204)
- — Born in Aquitaine Verified
- — Became Duchess of Aquitaine Verified
- — Married Louis VII and became Queen of France Verified
- — Accompanied the Second Crusade to the Holy Land Verified
- — Marriage to Louis VII annulled Verified
- — Married Henry, Duke of Normandy, the future Henry II of England Verified
- — Crowned Queen of England Verified
- — Imprisoned by Henry II for supporting their sons' revolt Verified
- — Acted as regent and raised the ransom for Richard I Verified
- — Died at Fontevraud Abbey Verified
Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206)
- — Born in the Jazira region of Upper Mesopotamia Verified
- — Entered service of the Artuqid dynasty as chief engineer at the Artuklu Palace Verified
- — Served three successive Artuqid rulers over roughly 25 years Verified
- — Commissioned by Sultan Nasir al-Din Mahmud to document his mechanical inventions Verified
- — Developed the double-acting reciprocating suction pump with crankshaft-connecting rod mechanism Verified
- — Designed the elephant clock, an elaborate water-powered automaton clock Verified
- — Died in Diyarbakir Verified
- — Completed The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices Verified