Countess of Angoulême Alice 'Alix' de Courtenay
1160 - 1218 (58 years)
1. Countess of Angoulême Alice 'Alix' de Courtenay was born in 1160 in Bourgogne, France (daughter of Peter de Courtenay, I and Elizabeth de Courtenay); died on 12 Feb 1218 in Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried in La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- _ORDI: 98th great granddaughter of Adam and Eve
Alice married Lord La Ferté-Gaucher Andrew la Ferté-Gaucher after 1169. Andrew died in 1177. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Alice married Count of Joigny Guillaume de Joigny after 1177, and was divorced in 1184. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Divorced:
Divorce of Alice and GuillaumeAlice married Count of Angoulême of the House of Taillefer Aymer Taillefer about 1186. Aymer was born in 1160; died on 16 Jun 1202 in Limoges, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Queen Consort of England Isabella of Angoulême was born on 19 Feb 1188 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 4 Jun 1246 in Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France.
2. Peter de Courtenay, I was born in Sep 1126 in France (son of King of the Franks Louis Capet, VI and Queen Consort Adélaïde de Savoie); died on 10 Apr 1183 in Israel; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- _MILT: Crusader
- _ORDI: 97th great grandson of Adam and Eve
Notes:
Buried:
(Church of Saint Peter)
Died:
Died in the Holy LandsPeter married Elizabeth de Courtenay in 1155. Elizabeth was born in 1127; died in Sep 1205 in England; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth de Courtenay was born in 1127; died in Sep 1205 in England; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England. Children:
- 1. Countess of Angoulême Alice 'Alix' de Courtenay was born in 1160 in Bourgogne, France; died on 12 Feb 1218 in Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried in La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.
Generation: 3
4. King of the Franks Louis Capet, VI was born on 1 Dec 1081 in Paris, Île-de-France, France (son of King of the Franks Philippe Capet, I and Bertha de Hainault); died on 1 Aug 1137 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: the Fat
- _ORDI: 96th great grandson of Adam and Eve
- _MILT: 1108; Almost all of his twenty-nine-year reign was spent fighting either the "robber barons" who plagued Paris or the Norman kings of England for their continental possession of Normandy
Notes:
Buried:
Basilica of Saint Denis
Died:
Bethizy CastleLouis married Queen Consort Adélaïde de Savoie in Apr 1115 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Adélaïde (daughter of Count of Savoy Umberto de Savoy, II and Marchioness of Montferrat Gisela de Burgundy) was born in 1092 in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 18 Nov 1154 in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Queen Consort Adélaïde de Savoie was born in 1092 in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France (daughter of Count of Savoy Umberto de Savoy, II and Marchioness of Montferrat Gisela de Burgundy); died on 18 Nov 1154 in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Alix Savoy
Notes:
Buried:
Church of St Pierre at Montmarte
Died:
Abbaye De MontmartreChildren:
- King of France Louis Capet, VII was born in 1120 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
- Constance Capet was born in 1124 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 16 Aug 1176 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France.
- 2. Peter de Courtenay, I was born in Sep 1126 in France; died on 10 Apr 1183 in Israel; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England.
Generation: 4
8. King of the Franks Philippe Capet, I was born on 23 May 1053 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France (son of Duke of Burgundy and King of the Franks Henri Capet, I and Queen of France, Grand Duchess of Kiev Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna); died on 29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Loiret, Centre, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: the Amourous
- _ORDI: 95th great grandson of Adam and Eve
- _MILT: 1077; he made peace with William the Conqueror, who gave up attempting the conquest of Brittany
- Religion: 1094; He was first excommunicated by Hugh of Die, and after a long silence, Pope Urban II repeated the excommunication at the Council of Clermont in November 1095
Philippe married Bertha de Hainault in 1072 in Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Bertha (daughter of Count Floris of Holland, I and Gertrude de Saxony) was born in 1054 in Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 30 Jul 1093 in Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Bertha de Hainault was born in 1054 in Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (daughter of Count Floris of Holland, I and Gertrude de Saxony); died on 30 Jul 1093 in Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France. Notes:
Married:
Philip repudiated Bertha (claiming she was too fat) so he could marry BertradeChildren:
- 4. King of the Franks Louis Capet, VI was born on 1 Dec 1081 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 1 Aug 1137 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.
10. Count of Savoy Umberto de Savoy, II was born in 1065 (son of Amadeus de Savoy, II); died on 14 Oct 1105. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: the Fat
Umberto married Marchioness of Montferrat Gisela de Burgundy. Gisela was born in 1075; died in 1135. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Marchioness of Montferrat Gisela de Burgundy was born in 1075; died in 1135. Children:
- 5. Queen Consort Adélaïde de Savoie was born in 1092 in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 18 Nov 1154 in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France.