16+YEARS+IN+PRISON+FOR+COMMITING+TREASON.

Eleanor was in prison for committing treason. She had planned to rebellion against Henry II with 3 of her eldest sons, Richard, Henry and Geoffrey, which had resulted in the year 1173. After the war he had put Eleanor under house arrest and she was forced to stay for 16 years until he died, which was the result of her three sons winning the rebellion against there father. After the Young King's death she was given slightly better treatment. When her son, Geoffrey, died she was still not allowed to attend his funeral.When Henry II died, it is said that he had cursed his sons for betraying him. Richard became the heir, and his first command was to release Eleanor from her arrest.