Alix de France

Events

Date of Birth:about 4 October 1160.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: after January 1213.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Louis VII “le Jeune”, king of France.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 97) and by Tanner.

Mother: Constanza de Castilla.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 97) and by Tanner. Many sources give Alix’s mother as Louis’s third wife, Alix de Blois. A series of threads in soc.genealogy.medieval seem to have convincingly shown that Constanza is the correct mother.

Spouse: Guillaume (II) “Talvas”, count of Ponthieu.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 97) and by Tanner.

Children:

Marie de Ponthieu (died September 1250) married Simon de Dammartin.

References

Cawley, Charles. GUILLAUME (II) "Talvas" de Ponthieu in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).