Editing Eleanor of Aquitaine (section)

== Death and interment (1204) ==
[[File:Gisant alienor d aquitaine et henri2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tomb effigies]] of Eleanor and Henry II at [[Fontevraud Abbey]] in central France|alt=Henry's tomb appears behind Eleanor's.]] 
Eleanor died at Fontevraud{{efn|Some chroniclers suggest Eleanor died at Poitiers}} on either 31 March or 1 April 1204{{sfn|Turner|2009|loc=cap 11}}{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=342}} and was entombed in the crypt of the abbey between Richard I and Henry II.{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=343}}{{sfn|Turner|2009|loc=cap 11}} Eleanor's tomb lies under a painted stone ''gisant'' (effigy) of the Queen, wearing a crown and with an open book in her hands. The tomb is considered one of the finest of those few that survive from this period.{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=343}} During the [[French Revolution]], the abbey was sacked and the tombs vandalised, while the human remains were [[exhumation|exhumed]] and scattered and have never been located.{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=343}}