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I was reading Wikipedia's article about Eleanor of Aquitaine and found this interesting text about her marriage to Henry II:

"...At that moment, Eleanor became Duchess of the Normans and Countess of the Angevins, while Henry became Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers. She was about 12 years older than he, and related to him more closely than she had been to Louis. Eleanor and Henry were third cousins through their common ancestor Ermengarde of Anjou (wife to Robert I, Duke of Burgundy and Geoffrey, Count of Gâtinais); they were also both descendants of Robert II of Normandy. A marriage between Henry and Eleanor's daughter, Marie, had indeed been declared impossible for this very reason. One of Eleanor's rumoured lovers had been Henry's own father, Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, who had advised his son to avoid any involvement with her..."

So, was there any possibility that Henry had followed this advice and decided not to marry her? If not Henry of Anjou, who would probably be Eleanor's second husband? Also, inspired by Fringe's map on the Map Thread (https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3048346&postcount=3273) is it possible to make Eleanor marry the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa? And what could be the effects of such marriage?
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