Alys Countess of The Vexin Princess of France

1160 - 1220  (59 years)

• Name	, Alys
  Suffix	Countess of The Vexin Princess of France
  Birth	4 Oct 1160	France
  Gender	Female
  _COLOR	3
  Death	1220	France
  Person ID	I1737	Puffer 062124
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Louis VII, King Of France,   b. 1119, Reims, Champagne, France d. 18 Sep 1180, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 61 years)
  Mother	ALFONSEZ, Constanz Princess of Castile,   b. Abt 1140, Toledo, Spain d. 4 Oct 1160, Castillo, Tordesillas, Valladolid, Spain (Age 20 years)
  Marriage	1154	Castillo, Tordesillas, Valladolid, Spain
  Family ID	F6327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	TALVAS, William IV, Count of Ponthieu III,   b. 1179   d. 4 Oct 1221 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	20 Aug 1195
  Children	1. PONTHIEU, Marie of Countess of Montreuil,   b. 17 Apr 1199   d. 21 Sep 1250 (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F1974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

• Notes

  In January 1169, Louis and Henry II of England signed a contract for th e marriage between Alys and Henry's son Richard. The 8 year-old Alys w as then sent to England as Henry's ward. In 1177, Cardinal Peter of Saint Chrysogonus, on behalf of Pope Alexand er III, threatened to place England's continental possessions under an i nterdict if Henry did not proceed with the marriage. There were wides pread rumors that Henry had not only made Alys his mistress, but that s he had borne him a child. Henry died in 1189. Richard married Berengari a of Navarre on 12 May 1191 while still officially engaged to Alys.