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Persoonlijke gegevens Alice MONTFORT 

• Zij is geboren in het jaar 1217 in Bigorre, Pyrenees-Atlantique, France.
• Titel: Countess of Bigorre
• (Alternative Name) : Alix de Bigorre.
• Zij is overleden in het jaar 1255, zij was toen 38 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Guy MONTFORT en Petronilla de BIGORRE

Gezin van Alice MONTFORT

(1) Zij is getrouwd met Raoul de COURTENAY.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1247, zij was toen 30 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Matilda de COURTENAY  ± 1248-????

(2) Zij had een relatie met Jourdain Eschivat de CHABANAIS.

Kind(eren):

1. Laura de CHABANAIS  1245-1316

Notities over Alice MONTFORT

Alice of Bigorre (1217/1220-1255), also known as Alice or Alix de Monfort was the eldest daughter of Petronilla, Countess of Bigorre and her third husband Guy de Monfort. She was suo jure Countess of Bigorre following the death of her mother in 1251. Alice was married twice during her lifetime and from her first marriage, she gained the title of Lady of Chabanais.

Alice was born sometime between 1217 and 1220. She was the eldest child of her mother, she had one full sister also named Petronilla, who went onto marry Raoul de la Roche-Tesson. Her mother was married five times, her elder two daughters were the product of her third marriage. A fifth marriage to Boson of Mastas, Seigneur de Cognac, produced a half-sister named Martha, who married Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn. Alice was cared for by her uncle, Amaury VI of Montfort, whilst he had her mother remarried.

By the time of Petronilla's fifth marriage and the birth of her daughter Martha, she needed a stronger union so had Alice married off to Jordan, Lord of Chabanais, a relative of Boson of Mastas. An agreement was reached, upon Petronilla's death, Alice and Jordan would inherit Bigorre, whilst Martha would inherit her father's lands of Mastas.

The marriage between Alice and Jordan produced three children:
Eskivat (died 1283), succeeded his mother, married Mascarós II d'Armagnac, Countess of Armagnac and Fézensac but had no children.
Jordan (died before 1283) named as heir to his brother but predeceased him
Laura (c.1240-1316), fought with her aunt Martha for control of Bigorre on the death of her brother. Married firstly to Simon of Rochechouart, lord of Availles, and secondly to Viscount Raymond V of Turenne. Laura had three children, all by her first marriage.

By 1247, Jordan had died and so Alice was left with their three children. She married for a second time to Raoul de Courtenay during 1247. The couple had a daughter named Matilda who later married Philip of Chieti.

In 1251, Petronilla died. However, she had passed control of the government over to Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, Alice's uncle. De Montfort had interpreted this act as a gift, so refused to hand Bigorre over to Alice on the death of her mother. Alice and her husband appealed to her half-sister Martha and her husband Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn to help re-claim Bigorre, they accepted. To prevent Guyenne and Gascony from rebelling, Henry III of England recalled Simon de Montfort and appointed John Grailly in his place. However, Alice and her family re-claimed Bigorre during 1251. Alice reigned only for the next four years, dying in 1255. She was succeeded by her eldest son.

However, following Alice's death, De Montfort did attempt to challenge her son for control of Bigorre once again. Upon Eskivat's death, control of Bigorre was disputed between Alice's sister Martha and her daughter Laura, with the latter eventually succeeding.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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