Alice of Namur
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Alice of Namur (died July 1169 at Valenciennes) was the daughter of Count Godfrey I of Namur and Countess Ermesinde of Luxembourg.[1]
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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 of Namur |
Mother | Ermesinde of Luxembourg |
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Her father married her off to Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut around 1130.[2] Gislebert of Mons described her as having "a graceful body and a beautiful face".[3] Their son Baldwin was the heir of Namur when her brother Count Henry IV of Luxembourg died in 1196.
Her children with Baldwin IV of Hainaut were:
- Yolande (1131/5 – after 1202), wife of Count Ives II of Soissons, and Count Hugh IV of Saint Pol[4]
- Baldwin (1134 – 1147/50)[5]
- Agnes (1140/45 – 1174 or after), married Ralph de Coucy[4]
- Geoffrey, Count of Oostrevant (1147–1163), first husband of Countess Eleanor of Vermandois[5]
- Lauretta (died 1181), wife of Thierry of Alost (Dirk van Aalst) and Bouchard IV 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]