Alix Princess Of , Countess Of Vexin France

1160 - 1220  (59 years)

• Name	Alix Princess Of , Countess Of Vexin France
  Birth	4 Oct 1160	Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1220	Castile, Spain   [2]
  Person ID	I70586	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	King Louis VII Of France,   b. 1121, Reims, Champagne, France d. 18 Sep 1180, Paris, Isle DE France, France (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Constance Of Castile,   b. Abt 1144, Castile, Spain d. 4 Oct 1160, (In Child Birth) (Age 16 years)
  Marriage	Between 1153 and 1154	Orleans, Loiret, Orleanais/Centre, France   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F30862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Oct 1160 - Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France Death - 1220 - Castile, Spain  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Alix/Alice was betrothed to Richard I "The Lion-hearted", but never married to him, as he married another during the crusades. She was taken to England at an early age, and kept there until well into her twenties, having had an affair with Richard's brother, King John, during this period. Turton has Alix as daughter of Constance of Castile (as it turns out correctly), while AR has her as daughter of Alix of Champagne. Douglas Richardson has discovered several contemporary documents that Alice was actually born in 1160, and a daughter of Constance of Castile, who died in childbirth, having Alice. This would make her not just 9 years, but 19 years older than her husband, but Douglas also states that her husband was born earlier than most thought, and there was only 11 years difference. Maybe so, after all, there is something to be said for marrying the daughter of the King, even if older than oneself. Many genealogists thought that Alix, the daughter of Constance of Castile, died at child birth (along with her mother) or soon after. Douglas's evidence seems pretty conclusive, and involved a lot of rancorous debate on soc.genealogy.medieval, before he found all of the evidence that backed up his case. One of the key pieces of evidence (among others) was that negotiations for Alix/Alice to marry King Richard of England were started in 1167 and completed in 1168; and a female child had to be at least seven in the medeival period for her to agree to a binding agreement.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1635] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - goo, Douglas Richardson, 5 May 2003 (Reliability: 3). [S1635] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - goo, Leo van de Pas, 29 Jan 2003 (Reliability: 3). [S1631] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th, 101-25 (Reliability: 3). [S1632] The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton,, 13 (Reliability: 3).