Alix or Aline FitzRoy (d. before 1141) was the illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England by one of his many mistresses. She married Matthieu I of Montmorency[1] and had the following issue:
- Henry, died young before 1160
- Bouchard V de Montmorency, (d. 1189 in Jerusalem), who married in 1173 Laurette of Hainaut (d. 9 August 1181), daughter of Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut.[1] They had a son Matthieu II de Montmorency, nicknamed the Great.
- Theobald de Montmorency, seigneur de Marly, he went on crusade in 1173. He died as a Cistercian monk sometime after 1189.
- Herve de Montmorency, abbot of Saint-Martin de Montmorency, then deacon of the Church and dean of Paris before his death in 1192.
- Matthieu de Montmorency (d. Constantinople 1204), he inherited the lordship from his brother Theobald.
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| Father | Henry I of England |
Alix died before 1141. Her husband Matthieu married Adelaide of Maurienne, the widow of Louis VI of France.[2]
References
edit- 1 2 Zerner 1992, p. 449.
- ↑ Henneman 1995, p. 7.
Sources
edit- Henneman, John Bell Jr. (1995). "Adelaide of Savoy". In Kibler, William W.; Zinn, Grover A. (eds.). Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. Routledge.
- Zerner, Monique (1992). "L'epousa de Simon de Montfort, et la croisade albigeoise". In Duby, Georges (ed.). Femmes, mariages, lignages – XIIe-XIVe siècles: Mélanges offerts à Georges Duby (in French). De Boeck-Wesmael.