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Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (4 October 1160 – c. 1218-1220), known in English as "Alice", was a French princess, initially betrothed to Richard I of England. Her engagement was broken in 1190, through negotiations between Richard and her half-brother Philip Augustus of France. Philip then attempted to betroth her to King John of England ...
Henry I of France. Mother. Anne of Kiev. Philip I ( c. 1052 – 29 July 1108), called the Amorous (French: L’Amoureux ), [1] was King of the Franks from 1060 to 1108. His reign, like that of most of the early Capetians, was extraordinarily long for the time. The monarchy began a modest recovery from the low it had reached during the reign of ...
Father. Charles VI of France. Mother. Isabeau of Bavaria. Joan of France ( French: Jeanne; 24 January 1391 – 27 September 1433) was Duchess of Brittany by marriage to John V. She was a daughter of Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. [1] She ruled Brittany during the imprisonment of her spouse in 1420.
John attacked Normandy in 1166 and 1168, in response to King Henry II of England's confiscation of the castles at Alençon, La Roche-Mabile and the Alenconnais. Henry, angry with John's rebellion, led his army on a path of destruction across Vimeu, the south-west part of Ponthieu.
Waleran II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny. Mother. Guyotte of Lille. John I of Luxembourg ( French: Jean Ier de Luxembourg; died: 17 May 1364), was a Lord of Ligny, Beauvoir, Roussy and La Roche from the House of Luxembourg. He was a son of Lord Waleran II and his wife, Guyotte of Lille. He was a 3rd generation descendant of Henry V, Count of ...
Renée of France (25 October 1510 [1] – 12 June 1574), was Duchess of Ferrara from 31 October 1534 until 3 October 1559 by marriage to Ercole II d'Este, grandson of Pope Alexander VI. She was the younger surviving child of Louis XII of France and the duchess regnant Anne of Brittany. In her later life, she became an important supporter of the ...
Father. Louis IX of France. Mother. Margaret of Provence. Philip III (1 May 1245 – 5 October 1285), called the Bold [a] (French: le Hardi ), was King of France from 1270 until his death in 1285. His father, Louis IX, died in Tunis during the Eighth Crusade. Philip, who was accompanying him, returned to France and was anointed king at Reims in ...
