Get DataContext of ListView Ancestor - mvvm

Question

I am developing a WPF app using MVVM and need some help.
for the View of my AddressesViewModel I have a usercontrol with a listview. I would like to execute a command found in the AddressesViewModel from the contextmenu of the listViewItem. Because I'm opening a ContextMenu it is not found in the visual tree(I read that somewhere).
Here is the View markup:
<UserControl>
<ListView Name="lstAddress"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Addresses}"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" MinHeight="150" MinWidth="100">
<ListView.Resources>
<ContextMenu x:Key="ItemContextMenu">
<MenuItem Header="Add Address"/>
</ContextMenu>
</ListView.Resources>
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn Header="Address" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=Address}/>
<GridViewColumn Header="City" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=City}"/>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}">
<Setter Property="ContextMenu" Value="{StaticResource ItemContextMenu}"/>
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
</ListView>
</UserControl>
Here is the ViewModel classes:
public class AddressesViewModel
{
public List<AddressViewModel> Addresses { get; set; }
public ICommand AddAddressCommand { get; set; }
}
public class AddressViewModel
{
public String Address { get; set; }
public String City { get; set; }
public String State { get; set; }
public String Zip { get; set; }
}
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

If your MenuItem looks like this, it should work for you:
<MenuItem Header="Add Address"
Command="{Binding DataContext.AddAddressCommand,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor,
AncestorType={x:Type ListView}}}"/>