One of its greatest rulers was a leader of the First Crusade whose writings in Occitan led to his nickname, "the Troubador.
While under Roman control it was divided into three parts, one of which was known as "Novempopulana" for the nine peoples included in it. In the 9th century, Bernard Plantevelue claimed to be "duke" of this region, a title he passed to his son, William the Pious. One of its greatest rulers was a leader of the First Crusade whose writings in Occitan led to his nickname, "the Troubador." That ruler, William IX, was the grandfather of its best-known ruler, who was married to Louis VII of France and Henry II of England. FTP, name this region of southwestern France which was ruled by Eleanor.
While under Roman control it was divided into three parts, one of which was known as "Novempopulana" for the nine peoples included in it.
{Aquitaine}