Alys of France, Countess of Vexin

1160 - 1220  (59 years)

• Name	Alys of France
  Suffix	Countess of Vexin
  Born	04 Oct 1160
  Gender	Female
  Died	ca 1220
  Buried	Abbey of Valloires, Picardie, France
  Notes	Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alys_of_France,_Countess_of_Vexin She was the daughter of King Louis VII of France and his second wife, Constance of Castile. Alys was the half-sister of Marie and Alix of France, Louis's children by Eleanor of Aquitaine, and the younger sister of Margaret of France. In January 1169, Louis and Henry II of England signed a contract for the marriage between Alys and Henry's son Richard the Lionheart. The 8-year-old Alys was then sent to England as Henry's ward. There were widespread rumors that Henry had not only made Alys his mistress, but that she had borne him a child. Henry died in 1189. King Richard married Berengaria of Navarre on 12 May 1191, while still officially engaged to Alys. Her brother, King Philip of France, had offered Alys to Prince John, but Eleanor prevented the match. Alys married William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu, on 20 August 1195, and had one child Marie, Countess of Ponthieu. She was some eighteen years older than William, and Philip figured that the couple would be childless, and he would thus gain control of Ponthieu, a small but strategically important county. However, when Alys then gave birth to Marie, this child became the heiress to Ponthieu when her father died.
  Person ID	I36063	Master File
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	King Louis VII of France,   b. 1120, Paris, France ,   d. 18 Sep 1180, Saint-Pont, Auvergne, France  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Constance of Castile,   b. 1140, Spain ,   d. 04 Oct 1160, Paris, France  (Age 20 years)
  Family ID	F14865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William (Guillaume) IV (Talvas) of Ponthieu, Count of Ponthieu,   b. ca 1179, Abbeville, Picardie, France ,   d. 04 Oct 1221  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Children	1. Marie of Ponthieu, Countess of Ponthieu,   b. 17 Apr 1199, Abbeville, Picardie, France ,   d. 21 Sep 1250, Abbeville, Picardie, France  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F14864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart