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According to one chronicler, Raymond was the handsomest of the princes of the earth and Eleanor delighted in his company. Soon the intimacy between them began to spark scandalous gossip that raced across Europe. This was a dangerous moment for Eleanor. She was suspected of having an incestuous affair with her uncle. "Bad enough," you might think, for a Queen, however, adultery was also treason. But Eleanor seemed completely undaunted by this innuendo and speculation. When Louis decided to leave Antioch, Eleanor, astonishingly, refused to go with him and when he tried to insist, she showed just how far she was prepared to go to escape him. |
