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Eleanor's marriage to Henry was reputed to be tumultuous and argumentative, although sufficiently cooperative to produce at least eight pregnancies.

Henry was by no means faithful to his wife and had a reputation for philandering.

Their son William, and Henry's illegitimate son, Geoffrey, were born just months apart.

Henry fathered other illegitimate children throughout the marriage.

Eleanor appears to have taken an ambivalent attitude towards these affairs: for example, Geoffrey of York, an illegitimate son of Henry and a prostitute named Ykenai, was acknowledged by Henry as his child and raised at Westminster in the care of the Queen.