1160 - 1220 (59 years)
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Name |
Alys of France |
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
4 Oct 1160 |
France [1, 2, 4] |
Contract of Marriage |
Jan 1169 (Age 9) [1, 4, 5] |
Louis and King Henry II of England signed a contract for the marriage between Alys and Henry's son Richard the Lionheart in January 1169. The 8-year-old Alys was then sent to England as Henry's ward. She was said by some to have been seduced by King Henry II. Richard sent her back to her brother, King Philip II of France, refusing to marry his father's mistress. In 1177, Cardinal Peter of Saint Chrysogonus, on behalf of Pope Alexander III, threatened to place England's continental possessions under an interdict if Henry did not proceed with the marriage. There were widespread rumors that Henry had not only made Alys his mistress,[5] but that she had a child with him. Henry died in 1189. King Richard married Berengaria of Navarre on 12 May 1191, while still officially engaged to Alys. Philip had offered Alys to Prince John, but Eleanor prevented the match. |
Contract of Marriage |
Mar 1190 (Age 30) [1] |
Richard I voided his marriage contract with Alice of France in March 1190. She was then 30 years old. |
Death |
About 1220 [2, 4] |
Siblings |
1 Sibling |
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Person ID |
I5345 |
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Last Modified |
7 Feb 2022 |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - 4 Oct 1160 - France |
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| Marriage - 20 Aug 1195 - Meudon, Île-de-France, France |
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| Child - Marie of Ponthieu, Countess of Ponthieu and Montreuil - 17 Apr 1199 - France |
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Sources |
- [S307] Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004).
- [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002).
- [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).
- [S304] Wikipedia, Alys of France, Countess of Vexin.
- [S304] Wikipedia, William IV, Count of Ponthieu.
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