Editing Eleanor of Aquitaine (section)

=== Marriage ===

Relatively little is known from the time that Eleanor was Queen of France.{{sfn|Evans|2018|p=105}} On 25 July 1137, Eleanor and Louis were married in the [[Bordeaux Cathedral|Cathedral of Saint-André]] in Bordeaux by the Archbishop of Bordeaux. Immediately after the wedding, the couple were enthroned as duke and duchess of Aquitaine.{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=24}} It was agreed that the duchy would remain independent of France until Eleanor's oldest son became both king of France and duke of Aquitaine.{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=22}} As a wedding present she gave Louis [[Eleanor of Aquitaine vase|a rock crystal vase]].{{efn|The rock crystal vase originally belonged to Eleanor's grandfather, [[William IX of Aquitaine]]. Louis donated [[:fr:Vase de cristal d'Aliénor|Eleanor's vase]] to [[Suger]], who in turn offered it to the [[Basilica of St Denis]]. Later it came into the possession the [[Louvre]]{{sfn|Louvre|2023}} museum in Paris.{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=}}{{sfn|Swabey|2004|p=105}}{{sfn|Kelly|1978}} This vase is the only object connected with Eleanor that still survives.{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=25}}}}{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=25}}

From Bordeaux, the couple proceeded to Poitiers, arriving on 1 August, where after a week of festivities they were invested as count and countess of Poitou on 8 August.{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=25}} Louis's tenure as count of Poitou and duke of Aquitaine and Gascony lasted only a few days. On their way to Paris, a messenger arrived with the news that Louis VI had died on 1 August and therefore they were now king and queen of France.{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=26}} Louis had already been [[coronation|crowned]] in the Capetian fashion in 1131{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=22}} and on Christmas Day 1137, Eleanor was crowned queen at Bourges.{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=35}}

Eleanor was not popular with some members of the court, including Abbot Suger and Louis's mother [[Adelaide of Maurienne]], who left the court shortly thereafter and remarried. Some courtiers made unfavourable reference to memories of [[Constance of Arles]], third wife of [[Robert II of France]] and ancestor of both Louis and Eleanor. Constance had had a reputation for being indiscreet in both dress and language.{{efn|[Adelaide] perhaps [based] her preconceptions on another southerner, Constance of Provence&nbsp;... tales of her allegedly immodest dress and language still continued to circulate among the sober Franks.{{sfn|Meade|1991 }} }}{{sfn|Weir|2012|pp=22–23}}  Eleanor's conduct was repeatedly criticised by church elders, particularly [[Bernard of Clairvaux]]{{sfn|Weir|2012|p=33}} and Suger, as indecorous. Modifications were made to the austere [[Palais de la Cité|Cité Palace in]] Paris for Eleanor's sake{{sfn|Swabey|2004|p=33}}{{sfn|Weir|2012|pp=27–35}} and she was joined by her sister Aélith, who became known there as [[Petronilla of Aquitaine|Petronilla]].{{sfn|Turner|2009|loc=cap 2}}