The golden hem of this person's robes resulted in the Byzantine epithet of Chrysopus, meaning "golden foot."
The golden hem of this person's robes resulted in the Byzantine epithet of Chrysopus, meaning "golden foot." Legend states that this woman forced a rival to choose between a dagger or a bowl of poison after finding her in a labyrinth. Geoffrey of Rancon disobeyed his king's orders and chose a plateau for this woman's camp, resulting in the disastrous Battle of Mount Cadmus. According to Gervase of Canterbury, she pretended to be Penthesilea and rode with a retinue of ladies dressed as Amazons. This woman was married to a king who had an affair with (*) Rosamund Clifford, and was earlier accused of adultery with her uncle Raymond of Poitiers while she accompanied her husband on the Second Crusade. Andreas Capellanus' De Amore was based on a supposed "Court of Love" maintained by this daughter of William X, who divorced her first husband, Louis VII of France. For 10 points, name this wealthy French wife of Henry II of England and mother of Richard the Lionheart.
The golden hem of this person's robes resulted in the Byzantine epithet of Chrysopus, meaning "golden foot."
Eleanor of Aquitaine