Alice of Namur

Alice of Namur (died July 1169 at Valenciennes) was the daughter of Count Godfrey I of Namur and Countess Ermesinde of Luxembourg.^[1]

Alice of Namur
Died	July 1169 Valenciennes
Noble family	House of Namur
Spouse(s)	Baldwin IV of Hainaut
Father	Godfrey I of Namur
Mother	Ermesinde of Luxembourg

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 [fr] (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 V 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]