Alix of France

Not to be confused with Alys, Countess of the Vexin.

Alix of France
Spouse	Theobald V, Count of Blois
more... Issue
Louis I, Count of Blois Margaret, Countess of Blois
House	House of Capet
Father	Louis VII, King of France
Mother	Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine
Born	1151
Died	1197/8

Alix of France (summer 1151 – 1197/1198) was the second daughter born to King Louis VII of France and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Childhood

The daughter of the King of France and the Duchess of Aquitaine, Alix was named after her aunt Petronilla of Aquitaine, who was also called "Alix". The birth of a second daughter to Eleanor and Louis instead of a badly needed son was one of the final nails in the coffin of their marriage. Her parents' marriage was annulled in 1152, although the princesses were declared legitimate, and the custody of young Alix and her sister Marie was awarded to their father. Their mother Eleanor left the French court and married Henry II, Duke of Normandy, who later became King of England. King Louis VII remarried twice.

Countess of Blois

Alix married Theobald V, Count of Blois, in 1164. Her sister Marie married Theobald's brother Henry. Alix served as regent when her husband left for the East, and since their son was underage, she continued as regent for several years after Theobald's death in 1191. Alix and Theobald had seven children:

1. Theobald (d. 1182)
2. Louis I, Count of Blois, who died in Constantinople in 1205
3. Henry (d. 1182)
4. Philip (d. 1202)
5. Margaret, Countess of Blois (d. aft. 1230), who married (1) Otto I, Count of Burgundy; (2) Gauthier II, Seigneur of Avesnes
6. Isabella (1180–1247/1248), married (1) Sulpice of Amboise; (2) Jean de Montmirail
7. Alix, Abbess of Fontevrault

Ancestry

16. Henry I of France

8. Philip I of France

17. Anne of Kiev

4. Louis VI of France

18. Floris I, Count of Holland

9. Bertha of Holland

19. Gertrude of Saxony

2. Louis VII of France

20. Amadeus II of Savoy

10. Humbert II of Savoy

21. Joan of Geneva

5. Adelaide of Maurienne

22. William I, Count of Burgundy

11. Gisela of Burgundy

23. Etiennette

1. Alix of France, Countess of Blois

24. William VIII of Aquitaine

12. William IX of Aquitaine

25. Hildegarde of Burgundy

6. William X of Aquitaine

26. William IV of Toulouse

13. Philippa of Toulouse

27. Emma of Mortain

3. Eleanor of Aquitaine

28. Boson II de Châtellérault, Viscount of Châtellérault

14. Aimery I de Rochefoucauld, Viscount of Châtellérault

29. Aenora of Thouars

7. Aenor de Châtellerault

30. Bartelmy de l'Isle-Bouchard

15. Dangereuse de L' Isle Bouchard

31. Gerberge de Blaison

Sources

• Meade, Marion. Eleanor of Aquitaine, 1991
• Wheeler, Bonnie, and Parsons, John Carmi, eds. Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady, 2002