Alice of Courtenay

Alix of Courtenay ( Alice de Courtenay, * 1160, † February 12, 1218 ) was a countess by marriage succession of Joigny and Angoulême in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. She was a daughter of Peter I of Courtenay († 1180/83 ) and by the granddaughter of the French King Louis VI. the thicknesses.

Around the year 1180 Alix was married to Count William I of Joigny, from which it separated again by 1186. With him she had one son, the future Count Peter of Joigny († 1222 ).

Shortly after their separation, she married Count Aymar of Angoulême († 1202), with whom she had a daughter. Isabella ( † May 31, 1246 ) was 1200 with King John of England married in defiance of a betrothal previously agreed with Hugo IX. of Lusignan, after King Philip II Augustus of France opened a trial against John Lackland. Because Isabella stayed as a queen in England the following year took Alix management in Angoulême was.

After King John was declared in 1204 by verdict of all his possessions and rights in France forfeited to Alix hastened to King Philip II Augustus fealty for Angoulême filed in defense of their daughter. Thus she was able to preserve the legacy of their daughter from imminent expropriation.

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  • Seigneurs de Courtenay ( Capet ) at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.fmg (English)
  • Graf ( Joigny )
  • Graf ( Angoulême )
  • House France - Courtenay
  • Born in the 12th century
  • Died 1218
  • Man
Louis VI of France Hugh IX of Lusignan
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