Alice le Brun (d. 1255)
Alice le Brun (d. 1255)
Countess of Warrenne and Surrey. Name variations: Alice de Lusignan. Died Feb 9, 1255; dau. of Isabella of Angoulême and her 2nd husband Hugh de Lusignan (Isabella's 1st husband was King John I Lackland); half-sister of Henry III, king of England; m. John de Warrenne (1231–1304), 7th earl of Warrenne and Surrey (r. 1240–1304), Aug 1247; children: Isabel de Warrenne (b. 1253, m. John Balliol, king of Scots); Eleanor de Warrenne (who m. Henry Percy, the 7th baron Percy); William de Warrenne (d. 1286).
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