Alix Princess of France , Countess of Vexin 
Alix Princess of was born about 1170 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France. Alix Princess of's father was Louis VII "The Younger" King of France and her mother was Constance of Castile. Her paternal grandparents were Louis VI "The Fat" King of France and Adelaide of Savoy; her maternal grandparents were Alfonso VII "The Emperor" King of Leon & Castile and Berenguela of Barcelona. She had a sister named Margaret Princess of. She was the younger of the two children. She had a half-brother and four half-sisters, named Philip II "Philip Augustus" King of, Agnes (Anna) de Capet Princess of, Agnes Capet Princess of, Marie Capet Princess of and Aleide (Alix) Princess of. She died in 1220 in Castile, Spain.General Notes
Alix/Alice was betrothed to Richard I "The Lion-hearted", but never married to him, as he married another during the crusades. She was taken to England at an early age, and kept there until well into her twenties, having had an affair with Richard's brother, King John, during this period.
Turton has Alix as daughter of Constance of Castile (as it turns out correctly), while AR has her as daughter of Alix of Champagne.
Douglas Richardson has discovered several contemporary documents that Alice was actually born in 1160, and a daughter of Constance of Castile, who died in childbirth, having Alice. This would make her not just 9 years, but 19 years older than her husband, but Douglas also states that her husband was born earlier than most thought, and there was only 11 years difference. Maybe so, after all, there is something to be said for marrying the daughter of the King, even if older than oneself. Many genealogists thought that Alix, the daughter of Constance of Castile, died at child birth (along with her mother) or soon after. Douglas's evidence seems pretty conclusive, and involved a lot of rancorous debate on soc.genealogy.medieval, before he found all of the evidence that backed up his case. One of the key pieces of evidence (among others) was that negotiations for Alix/Alice to marry King Richard of England were started in 1167 and completed in 1168; and a female child had to be at least seven in the medeival period for her to agree to a binding agreement.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France d.04 Aug 1060 in Vitry-aux-Loges, Loiret, Orleanais/Centre, France
- b.1053 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France d.29 Jul 1108 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
- b.~ 1024 in Kiev, Ukraine d.> 1075 in France
- b.1177 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau Bethizy, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- b.~ 1023 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d.26 Jun 1061 in Hannert, France
- b.~ 1055 in Vlaardingen, Holland d.1093 in Montreuil-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.0995 in Saxony, Germany d.1059
- b.~ 1030 in Saxony, Germany d.04 Aug 1113
- b.1005 in Schwaben, Germany d.1059
- b.1121 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France
- b.~ 1040 in Maurienne, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France d.26 JAN 1079/80
- b.~ 1062 in Maurienne, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France d.17 Oct 1133 in Savoy/Rhone-Alpes, France
- b.~ 1040 in Genf, Geneva, Helvetiz, Switzerland d.~ 1095
- b.~ 1092 in Maurienne, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France d.18 Nov 1154
- b.1024 in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France d.11 Nov 1087
- b.~ 1073 in Bourgogne, France d.> 1133
- b.~ 1012 in Longwy, Lorraine, France d.1048
- b.~ 1035 in Longwy, Duchy of Bar, Lorraine, France d.> 1088
- b.~ 1015 in Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc, France
- b.~ 1170 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France d.1220 in Castile, Spain
- b.1024 in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France d.11 Nov 1087
- b.~ 1060 in Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France d.26 Mar 1107 in Grajal Do Campos, Leon, Spain
- b.~ 1012 in Longwy, Lorraine, France d.1048
- b.~ 1035 in Longwy, Duchy of Bar, Lorraine, France d.> 1088
- b.~ 1015 in Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc, France
- b.1 MAR 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Teruel, Castile, Spain
- b.<Jun 1040 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.29 Jun 1109 in Toledo, Castile, Spain
- b.BET 1077 AND 1081 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.8 MAR 1125/26 in Saldana, Palencia, Spain
- b.~ 1046 in Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France d.ABT JAN 1092/93
- b.~ 1144 in Castile, Spain d.04 Oct 1160 in (in child birth)
- b.~ 1053 in Barcelona, Spain d.05 Dec 1082 in Killed on way to Gerona, probably by twin brother and co-ruler
- b.11 Nov 1082 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain d.19 Jun 1131 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.~ 1059 in Apulia, Cala, Italy d.1083
- b.1110 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.2 FEB 1148/49 in Palencia, Leon, Spain
- b.~ 1055 in Carlat, Cantal, Auvergne, France d.1110 in Milhaud, Gard, Languedoc, France
- b.1095 in Milhaud, Gard, Languedoc, France d.1128
- b.~ 1057 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France
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Alix Princess of and Richard I "The Lion Hearted" King of were married in a religious ceremony in 1168 in Betrothed, but never married.
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