Petronilla of Aquitaine Had Chosen Her Husband

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Eleanor of Aquitaine's younger sister Petronilla was attractive and wealthy, but she remained unmarried until she was 19 and met the charming Ralph of Vermandois. There was one big problem with the match though, and it would have bloody consequences.

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0:39.6	In 1141, Eleanor Vakwitaine went with her little sister Petrinilla on the summer holiday in Poitou.
0:47.5	This wasn't unusual, as the two were inseparable throughout their lives. Petronilla and Eleanor spent their childhood,
0:56.9	joined at the hip. Even when Eleanor got married to the King of France, Louis V, 7th, Petronilla
1:03.6	joined her household, following her from Orleans to Paris. But Eleanor was a little worried
1:10.5	about her little sister. By 1141, Petronilla had
1:15.0	reached, as historian Marian Mead puts it, quote, the spinsterly age of 19 without finding a husband.
1:24.0	Petronilla was an attractive bachelorette. She was known for her beauty,
1:29.0	she had plenty of property to her name in Burgundy,
1:32.0	and she wielded political power by nature of her position in the royal court.
1:37.3	But no one had come calling on her, and she remained single.
1:42.0	That was all about to change on this trip. Petrinilla's brother-in-law,
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