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What impact did the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II have on England?

It strengthened England because Eleanor joined her lands in France with those of England’s.
It weakened England because Eleanor forced England to give up all its lands in France.
It strengthened England because Eleanor introduced the feudal system to England.
It weakened England because Eleanor insisted that the king of France rule over England as well.

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It strengthened England because Eleanor joined her lands in France with those of England’s.

Her marriage to Henry II brought the huge duchy of Aquitaine under Henry’s control, creating the Angevin Empire and greatly increasing the English king’s territory, wealth, and power in France (though it also set up later conflicts with the French crown).