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Birth:          ABT 1160 Courtenay,  Galinois, France
Death:          14 Sep 1218 France

Notes
d 14 sep in 1218 or 1205
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_of_Courtenay
Alice of Courtenay, Countess of Angoulême (1160 – 12 February 1218)[1] was a French 
noblewoman of the House of Courtenay. Her father was Peter I of Courtenay and her 
brother was Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople. Alice married 
twice; by her second husband, Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême, she was the 
mother of Isabella of Angoulême, who was Queen consort of England, as the wife of 
King John.

She is also known as Alix de Courtenay.
Family[edit]

Alice was born in 1160, the second eldest daughter and one of the ten children of 
Peter I of Courtenay and Elisabeth of Courtenay, daughter of Renauld de Courtenay 
and Hawise du Donjon. Her family was one of the most illustrious in France; and her 
paternal grandparents were King Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne. Her 
eldest brother Peter became the Latin Emperor of Constantinople in 1216. In addition 
to Peter, she had three more brothers, Philippe de Courtenay, Robert, Seigneur of 
Champignelles, and William, Seigneur of Tanlay; and five sisters, Eustacie, Clemence, 
Isabelle, Constance, and another whose name is unknown.

Marriages[edit]

In 1178, she married her first husband, Guillaume I, Count of Joigny. The marriage did 
not produce any children, and they were divorced in 1186. A charter dated 1180 
records that Count Guillaume, with Alice's consent, donated property to Pontigny 
Abbey.[2]

Alice married her second husband, Aymer Taillefer in 1186, the same year he 
succeeded his father, William IV as Count of Angoulême. Sometime in 1188, Alice 
gave birth to two children:
Isabella of Angoulême (1188 – 31 May 1246), married firstly 24 August 1200 King John 
of England, by whom she had five children; in spring 1220, she married secondly, 
Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, by whom she had another nine children.
William Taylifer (1200-1274), Had one son, Hanger(1256-1336)

Alice's husband died on 16 June 1202. Their only child, Isabella succeeded him as 
suo jure Countess of Angoulême. By this time, Isabella was already Queen of England.

She herself died on 11 (or 12) February 1218 at the age of about 58.[3]

Parents
____ Peter I (Pierre) (Sep 1126 - 10 Apr 1183)
DE COURTENAY (Elizabeth) Isabelle (1127 - AFT 14 Sep 1205)

Siblings
DE COURTENAY Peter (Pierre) II (1155 - AFT Jun 1219)
DE COURTENAY Alice (Adelaide) (ABT 1160 - 14 Sep 1218)

Marriage To DE TAILLEFER DE VALENCE Aymer (ABT 1160 - 16 Jun 1202)
    m. Apr 1186 

Notes

Parents
TAILLEFER William (Guillaume) IV (ABT 1134 - 7 Aug 1179)
DE TURENNE Marguerite (ABT 1135 - )

Children by DE TAILLEFER DE VALENCE Aymer ABT 1160 - 16 Jun 1202
DE TAILLEFER OF ANGOULEME Isabella (1188 - 31 May 1246)

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