Example sentences for: aquitaine

How can you use “aquitaine” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For the next 400 years, English and French monarchs fought over the sovereignty of various parts of France — among them Aquitaine, Touraine, Normandy, and Flanders.

  • Schama traces the history of women alienated by the crown: Anne Boleyn, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Princess Caroline of Brunswick (who?)

  • In the 11 th century, when our story begins, the English actually liked and imported vast quantities of somewhat acidic wines from La Rochelle (now the Charentes region north of Bordeaux), a sunny and frost-free area, whose wine exports were aggressively promoted by its ruler, the Duke of Aquitaine.

  • The duke died, and in 1152 his daughter, Eleanor of Aquitaine, married Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Normandy.

  • 6. "French oil company Elf Aquitaine made a $51 billion counterbid this week to acquire competitor TotalFina, which had previously announced a hostile takeover attempt on Elf.


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