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Jul 15, 2019 · Almost Queens: Alys of France. Alys of France was never originally intended to be a Queen of England. And she never got to be one either, thanks to all those pesky rumours about what she got up to with her potential father-in-law, King Henry II of England. Alys was born on 4 October 1160. Unusually we know her exact date of birth, even ...
May 10, 2017 · Alys of France was born on 4 October 1160 as the daughter of King Louis VII of France and his second wife, Constance of Castile. She had two elder half-sisters from her father’s marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine and a full elder sister. Her mother died giving birth to Alys, and so she never knew her mother.
Oct 4, 2016 · Alys was born on October 4, 1160. Her name is given with various spellings: Alix, Alice, Adèle, Adelaide and Alais. She was the daughter of King Louis VII of France. Louis VII’s first wife was Eleanor of Aquitaine. Alys’ mother was Louis’ second wife Constance of Castile who died shortly after she was born.
Feb 10, 2020 · Only a few people who ever saw the family members together are still alive. One of them, Gilberte Mery, whose grandfather was Jeanne’s first cousin, told Le Journal du Dimanche that the switch ...
1 day ago · Photo: © S. Laval – Office de Tourisme de Poitiers. Lady of Culture. There are no precise records of the date or place of her birth, but we do know that she died at the great age of 82 in 1204, outliving both husbands and eight of her ten children.
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Jan 25, 2017 · Henry died in 1189, but still Alys remained in England, following Eleanor's court. In 1191, while still engaged to her, Richard married Berengaria of Navarre, but still refused to release Alys back to her family. Phillip urged a marriage to Richard's brother John, but Eleanor of Aquitaine nixed that idea.
Aug 30, 2022 · BU Today talked to Arianne Chernock, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of history and an expert on modern British and European history, especially gender, culture, politics, and the monarchy, about Diana’s legacy and the ongoing fascination with her life. Chernock is currently at work on a book about women’s responses to Queen ...
