English and British royal mistress cousin, the Earl of Lancaster, a group of the barons seized and executed Gaveston in 1312. Edward III appears to have been devoted to his wife, Philippa of Hainault, who bore him 12 children. However, late in their marriage the aged King met Alice Perrers, a young lady-in-waiting to the Queen. Some sources have it that she became his mistress in 1363, six years before his wife's death; others date their relationship to the time when the Queen was terminally ill. The affair was not made public until after the Queen's death, when the King lavished gifts and honours on
Alice of Ibelin Lusignan (died 1395/97), titular Count of Tripoli, who married his first cousin Marguerite of Cyprus and had five children. Phoebus de Lusignan was Alice's great-grandson as an illegitimate son of Jacques' son, Pierre. It was through Phoebus that Alice's direct line continued. Alice's husband had an illegitimate son, Jean by his mistress Alix Gibelet. She died sometime after 1374. Alice of Ibelin Alice of Ibelin or Alix d'Ibelin (1325/1330 – after 1374) was the titular Princess of Antioch as the second wife of John of Lusignan. Alice was born between 1325 and 1330, the eldest daughter of Guy of Ibelin,