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Did Henry II marry Alys?
In January 1169, Louis and King 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. Alys married William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu, on 20 August 1195.
Where did Henry II of England live?
Pays de la Loire
Henry II of England/Places lived
Where was King Henry II from?
Le Mans, France
Henry II of England/Place of birth
Who was Alais?
Alais was a French princess, the daughter of King Louis VII and his second wife, Constance of Castile .
Who married Helen of Aquitaine?
Henry II of Englandm. 1152–1189
Louis VII of Francem. 1137–1152
Eleanor of Aquitaine/Spouse
Did Henry II live in England?
Henry returned to England in 1147, when he was fourteen. Taking his immediate household and a few mercenaries, he left Normandy and landed in England, striking into Wiltshire.
Why did Richard not marry Alais?
Alais of France (1160–?) 1160) and Louis VII, king of France (r. At any rate, Richard refused to marry the French princess after he succeeded Henry in 1189, supposedly because she was not chaste, but possibly because she was his estranged father’s choice; he later married Berengaria of Navarre .
How does lion in winter end?
Toward the end of the play, Henry decides that he really wants to go to Rome and ask the Pope to annul his marriage to Eleanor, so that he can marry Alais and have a legitimate son by her, whom he can then name as his heir to the throne.
Who was Alys of France, Countess of Vexin?
Not to be confused with Alix of France. Alys of France, (or Alice) Countess of Vexin (4 October 1160 – c. 1220) was a French princess, the daughter of Louis VII, King of France and his second wife, Constance of Castile.
Who was the mother of Alix de France?
ALIX [Adelaide] de France ( [4 Oct] 1160-after Jan 1213). Robert of Torigny records the death in 1160 of “Constantia regina Franciæ” while giving birth to a daughter [425]. The Chronicle of Ralph of Coggeshall records that King Louis VII had “aliam filiam de Constantia…Adelaidis”, her mother dying while giving birth to her [426].
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. Just five weeks after Constance died giving birth to Alys, Louis married Adèle of Champagne, by whom he had two further children, including the future King Philip II of France .
Who was the betrothal of Alix de France?
Alix was brought up in England after her betrothal. Benedict of Peterborough records that the betrothal of “Alesia soror eius [Philippi regis Franciæ]” and Richard was renewed in 1189, commenting that the king of England “in custodia habet” [433]. Richard refused the marriage after his accession to the throne.