Alice of Namur
Alice of Namur (died July 1169 at Valenciennes) was the daughter of Godfrey I, Count of Namur and Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg and Longwy the daughter of Conrad I of Luxembourg.[1]
Alice of Namur | |
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| Died | July 1169 Valenciennes |
| Noble family | House of Namur |
| Spouse(s) | Baldwin IV of Hainaut |
| Father | Godfrey I, Count of Namur |
| Mother | Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg and Longwy |
Her father married her off to Baldwin IV, Count of Hainault around 1130.[2] Gislebert of Mons described her as having "a graceful body and a beautiful face".[3] Her son was the heir of Namur when her brother Henry IV of Luxembourg died in 1196.
Her children with Baldwin IV of Hainaut were:
- Yolande (1131/5 – after 1202), wife of Ives II, Count of Soissons, and Hugh IV, Count of St Pol[4]
- Baldwin (1134 – 1147/50)[5]
- Agnes (1140/45 – 1174 or after), married Raoul de Coucy[4]
- Geoffrey, Count of Oostrevant (1147–1163), first husband of Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois[5]
- Lauretta (died 1181), wife of Thierry of Alost (Dirk van Aalst) and Bouchard IV, Sire of Montmorency[4]
- Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (1150–1195), later Count of Flanders by marriage to Margaret I of Flanders[5]
- Henry (died after 1207), Seigneur of Sebourg[5]
- Bertha[6]
She was buried inside Saint Waltrude Collegiate Church.[7]
References
- Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Chronica s.a. 1168 (= L. Weiland (ed.), Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores XXIII, Hannover, 1874, pp. 851 Archived 2017-12-27 at the Wayback Machine-852 Archived 2018-12-31 at the Wayback Machine).
- Gislebert of Mons, Chronicon Hanoniae 33 (= L. Vanderkindere (ed.), 1904, pp. 60-62). J.A. Everard, Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire, Cambridge, 2000, pp. 30-31.
- Chronicon Hanoniae 33 (= L. Vanderkindere (ed.), 1904, p. 60).
- Gislebert of Mons, Chronicon Hanoniae 34 (= L. Vanderkindere (ed.), 1904, p. 67), Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Chronica s.a. 1168 (= L. Weiland (ed.), Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores XXIII, Hannover, 1874, p. 852 Archived 2018-12-31 at the Wayback Machine).
- Gislebert of Mons, Chronicon Hanoniae 34 (= L. Vanderkindere (ed.), 1904, pp. 66-67), Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Chronica s.a. 1168 (= L. Weiland (ed.), Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores XXIII, Hannover, 1874, p. 852 Archived 2018-12-31 at the Wayback Machine).
- Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Chronica s.a. 1168 (= L. Weiland (ed.), Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores XXIII, Hannover, 1874, p. 852 Archived 2018-12-31 at the Wayback Machine).
- F. Rousseau, Henri l’Aveugle, Comte de Namur et de Luxembourg (1136-1196), Liège, 2013 (= Paris - Liège, 1921), p. 12 (note 15). Gislebert of Mons, Chronicon Hanoniae 55 (= L. Vanderkindere (ed.), 1904, p. 96), L. Devillers, Memoire historique et descriptif sur l'eglise de Sainte-Waudru a Mons, Mons, 1857, pp. 77-78.
Bibliography
- L. Devillers, Memoire historique et descriptif sur l'eglise de Sainte-Waudru a Mons, Mons, 1857.
- J.A. Everard, Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire, Cambridge, 2000, pp. 30-31.
- F. Rousseau, Henri l’Aveugle, Comte de Namur et de Luxembourg (1136-1196), Liège, 2013 (= Paris - Liège, 1921).
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