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What was the name of Héloïse's famous lover and husband?

  • Richard the Lionheart

  • Peter Abelard

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  • Jean-Paul Sartre

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Peter Abelard was Héloïse's famous lover and husband. They met in Paris in 1115 or 1116 when Abelard was a renowned teacher of philosophy and theology and Héloïse was a young student. Despite their differences in age and social status, they fell in love and began a passionate affair.
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