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Alys of France
d. 1220
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1220
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About
Alys of France, Countess of the Vexin, was a daughter of King Louis the Seventh, betrothed as a child to Richard the Lionheart in one of the great diplomatic entanglements of the age; she married instead the count of Ponthieu.
Research notes
ALYS (Alix) of FRANCE, Countess of the Vexin (1160-1220), daughter of Louis VII; wife of William IV of Ponthieu; mother of Marie (our line). This line LOOPS onto the Capetian kings. Standard documented medieval genealogy per the cited authorities; contested/legendary rungs note-only, not hardened.