Alys of France, Countess of Vexin

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Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, was a 12th-century French princess whose long-delayed and politically fraught betrothal to Richard the Lionheart made her a central figure in the dynastic struggles between the French and English crowns.

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Label Occurrences
Alys of France, Countess of Vexin canonical 4
Alys of France 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Capetian dynasty member ⓘ
French princess ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Adele of France ⓘ
Alix of France ⓘ
associatedWith Ponthieu ⓘ
Vexin ⓘ
betrothalArrangedBy Louis VII of France ⓘ
betrothalArrangedWith House of Plantagenet ⓘ
betrothalEnd 1189 ⓘ
betrothalStart circa 1169 ⓘ
betrothedTo Henry the Young King ⓘ
Richard I of England ⓘ
birthDate circa 1160 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of France ⓘ
brotherOccupation King of France ⓘ
child Marie of Ponthieu ⓘ
chronicleMention Ralph of Diceto ⓘ
Roger of Hoveden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathDate after 1212 ⓘ
deathPlace Ponthieu ⓘ
dynasticRole link between Capetian and Plantagenet houses ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
early 13th century ⓘ
father Louis VII of France ⓘ
fatherOccupation King of France ⓘ
feudalStatus countess consort ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Alys ⓘ
historicalReputation figure in medieval chronicles concerning Richard I and Henry II ⓘ
languageSpoken Old French ⓘ
marriageDate circa 1195 ⓘ
marriagePlace Ponthieu region ⓘ
mother Constance of Castile ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Capet ⓘ
linked to: Capetian dynasty
notableFor dynastic role in Anglo-French relations ⓘ
long-delayed betrothal to Richard the Lionheart ⓘ
politicalContext Anglo-French rivalry in the 12th century ⓘ
politicalSignificance her person was used as a bargaining tool in treaties between France and England ⓘ
positionHeld Countess consort of Ponthieu ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary ⓘ
Philip II of France ⓘ
spouse William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu ⓘ
stepmother Adèle of Champagne ⓘ
stepSibling Agnes of France, Byzantine empress ⓘ
Philip I, Count of Flanders (through marital alliance context) ⓘ
title Countess of Vexin ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis VII of France → child → Alys of France, Countess of Vexin ⓘ
Alix of France, Countess of Blois → sibling → Alys of France, Countess of Vexin ⓘ
Constance of Castile → child → Alys of France, Countess of Vexin ⓘ
Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary → stepSibling → Alys of France ⓘ
linked to: Alys of France, Countess of Vexin
Margaret of France → sibling → Alys of France ⓘ
linked to: Alys of France, Countess of Vexin
Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy → sibling → Alys of France, Countess of Vexin ⓘ