Eleanor of Aquitaine vs Nizami Ganjavi
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Compare the life timelines of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204) and Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 63 years, from 1141 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
Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209)
- — Born in Ganja Verified
- — Orphaned early and raised by his uncle
- — Acquired broad learning in the sciences and literature
- — Married Afaq, a Kipchak slave sent to him by the ruler of Derbent Verified
- — Completed the Makhzan al-Asrar (Treasury of Mysteries) Verified
- — Completed the romance 'Khosrow and Shirin' Verified
- — Completed 'Layla and Majnun' Verified
- — Completed the Haft Peykar (Seven Beauties) Verified
- — Completed the Iskandarnameh (Book of Alexander) Verified
- — Died in Ganja Verified