CAPET Alice

1160 - Abt 1220  (59 years)

• Name	CAPET Alice
  Birth	04 Oct 1160	France
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 1220	France
  Notes	Alix or Alice was the 2nd daughter of Louis VII and his 2nd wife Constance of Castile.[1][2][3] Her mother died while giving birth to her.[4] At the treaty of Montmirail in January 1169, Louis VII and Henry II agreed that Henry's son Richard should marry Alice. Alice was handed over to Angevin custody. The betrothal was confirmed on several occasions, most recently in July 1189 between Philip and Richard just after Henry II's death.[4] However, Richard and Alice never married. There had been widespread rumors that Henry II had not only made Alice his mistress, but that she had borne him a son and/or a daughter.[5] Richard was still officially betrothed to Alice when he married Berengaria of Navarre on 12 May 1191.[5] Alice was returned to her brother Philip and at the age of 35 was married to William III, Count of Ponthieu, on 20 August 1195.[3] They had two or three children: Jean II, said to have died at the battle of Bouvines in 1214 age 15[6] Marie[3][6] Isabelle (unconfirmed) Sources ↑ Chronicle of Hainaut by Gilbert of Mons, translated to English by Laura Napran (Boydell, 2005). Google Books Preview p. xii French Royal House and p. 52 footnote 233. Latin edition by Vanderkindere (1904). Internet Archive p. 84 footnote 5. ↑ Alberici Monachi Trium Fontium Chronicon (1698) Internet Archive p.344 ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 G. W. Watson, "The Seize Quartiers of Eleanor (of Castile) Queen Consort to Edward I." The Genealogist New Series XI (1895) Internet Archive Table XIII p. 31, Additions to table XIII pp. 34-36 ↑ 4.0 4.1 John Gillingham, "Richard I and Berengaria of Navarre." Historical Research 53.128 (1980) p. 158 and footnote 5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chronicle of Hainaut by Gilbert of Mons, translated to English by Laura Napran (Boydell, 2005). Google Books Preview p. 49 footnotes 220 and 221, p. 52 footnote 233. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Père Anselme de Sainte-Marie et M. Du Fourny. Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des anciens barons du royaume, éd. Simplicien et Ange de Sainte-Rosalie, tome III (Paris, la compagnie des libraires, 1728) Google Books p. 302. This source incorrectly records her mother as Alix of Champagne the third wife of Louis VII.
  Person ID	I59646	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	CAPET Louis,   b. Abt 1120, Marne, Champagne, France d. 18 Sep 1180, Saint Pont-Allier, France (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	CASTILLA Constanza,   b. Abt 1140   d. 04 Oct 1160, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 20 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1154	Castile, Spain
  Family ID	F26483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PONTHIEU Guillaume,   b. 1179, Ponthieu, France d. 04 Oct 1221, France (Age 42 years)
  Children	1. PONTHIEU Marie,   b. Abt 1197, France d. Sep 1250, Abbeville, Picardie, France (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026