Person:Alix De Namur (1)

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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.

Her father married her off to Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut around 1130. Gislebert of Mons described her as having "a graceful body and a beautiful face". 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
• Baldwin (1134 – 1147/50)
• Agnes (1140/45 – 1174 or after), married Ralph de Coucy^[1]
• Geoffrey, Count of Oostrevant (1147–1163), first husband of Countess Eleanor of Vermandois^[2]
• Lauretta (died 1181), wife of Thierry of Alost (Dirk van Aalst) and Bouchard IV of Montmorency^[1]
• Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (1150–1195), later Count of Flanders by marriage to Margaret I of Flanders^[2]
• Henry (died after 1207), Seigneur of Sebourg^[2]
• Bertha

She was buried inside Saint Waltrude Collegiate Church.

1.   Alice of Namur, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
2. ↑ ALIX de Namur (-end Jul 1169)., in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
3.   Alice de Namur, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.