https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/eleanor-aquitaine/
> In 1173 Eleanor’s eldest surviving son, Henry, dissatisfied with his lack of power, plotted to overthrow his father. He travelled to Aquitaine, and his brothers Richard and Geoffrey joined him in the plot. Eleanor’s reasons for supporting their revolt are not clear, but she may have been motivated by the way her power in Aquitaine was being constrained, and possibly also by Henry’s treatment of their sons.
> The revolt failed, and in 1173 Henry II captured Eleanor. He imprisoned her for almost 16 years at various locations, including Old Sarum in Wiltshire. It seems that she was kept in some comfort there – fine clothes for Eleanor and her household seem to have been dispatched regularly from London, and between 1175 and 1180 the sheriff of Wiltshire spent large amounts of money on the queen’s maintenance at the castle.
PS: I just realized this, in my post, I put her name as Eleonore instead of “Eleanor”. My fault for that.
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https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/eleanor-aquitaine/
> In 1173 Eleanor’s eldest surviving son, Henry, dissatisfied with his lack of power, plotted to overthrow his father. He travelled to Aquitaine, and his brothers Richard and Geoffrey joined him in the plot. Eleanor’s reasons for supporting their revolt are not clear, but she may have been motivated by the way her power in Aquitaine was being constrained, and possibly also by Henry’s treatment of their sons.
> The revolt failed, and in 1173 Henry II captured Eleanor. He imprisoned her for almost 16 years at various locations, including Old Sarum in Wiltshire. It seems that she was kept in some comfort there – fine clothes for Eleanor and her household seem to have been dispatched regularly from London, and between 1175 and 1180 the sheriff of Wiltshire spent large amounts of money on the queen’s maintenance at the castle.
PS: I just realized this, in my post, I put her name as Eleonore instead of “Eleanor”. My fault for that.