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Alix of France (summer 1151 – 1197/1198) was the second daughter born to Louis VII of France
Louis VII of France

Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young, , was List of French monarchs, the son and successor of Louis VI of France . He ruled from 1137 until his death....
 by his first wife Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.Eleanor succeeded her father as suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine and Countess of Poitiers at the age of fifteen, and thus became the most eligible bride in Europe....
. She was named after her aunt Petronilla of Aquitaine
Petronilla of Aquitaine

Petronilla of Aquitaine was the daughter of William X of Aquitaine and Aenor of Ch?tellerault. She was the sister of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was Queen consort of England....
, 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 were soon divorced, although the princesses were declared legitimate, and the custody of young Alix and her sister Marie
Marie de Champagne

Marie of France, or Marie Capet, Count of Champagne , was the elder daughter of Louis VII of France and his first wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine....
 was awarded to their father.






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Alix of France (summer 1151 – 1197/1198) was the second daughter born to Louis VII of France
Louis VII of France

Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young, , was List of French monarchs, the son and successor of Louis VI of France . He ruled from 1137 until his death....
 by his first wife Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.Eleanor succeeded her father as suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine and Countess of Poitiers at the age of fifteen, and thus became the most eligible bride in Europe....
. She was named after her aunt Petronilla of Aquitaine
Petronilla of Aquitaine

Petronilla of Aquitaine was the daughter of William X of Aquitaine and Aenor of Ch?tellerault. She was the sister of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was Queen consort of England....
, 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 were soon divorced, although the princesses were declared legitimate, and the custody of young Alix and her sister Marie
Marie de Champagne

Marie of France, or Marie Capet, Count of Champagne , was the elder daughter of Louis VII of France and his first wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine....
 was awarded to their father. Their mother Eleanor left the French court and was remarried to King Henry II of England
Henry II of England

Henry II, called Curtmantle ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France....
. King Louis also remarried twice.

Alix was an older paternal half-sister to Marguerite of France
Marguerite of France

Marguerite of France may refer to:* Marguerite of France , queen consort of England and Hungary* Marguerite de Provence , queen of France as the wife of Louis IX of France...
, Alys, Countess of the Vexin
Alys, Countess of the Vexin

Alys, Countess of the Vexin was the daughter of King Louis VII of France and his second wife Constance of Castile . She is also known as Ala?s, Ad?la?de, Ad?le, Alais, or Alix, but is not to be confused with her half-sister Alix of France, the daughter of Louis by his first wife Eleanor of Aquitaine....
, Philip II of France
Philip II of France

Philip II Augustus was the King of France from 1180 until his death. A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d'Oise, the son of Louis VII of France and his third wife, Ad?le of Champagne....
 and Agnes of France. She was also an older maternal half-sister to William IX, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King
Henry the Young King

Henry, known as the Young King was the second of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine....
, Matilda, Duchess of Saxony, Richard I of England
Richard I of England

Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Ireland, Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Nantes and Brittany at various times during the same period....
, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany

Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond was Duke of Brittany between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage with the heiress Constance, Duchess of Brittany....
, Leonora of Aquitaine , Joan Plantagenet and John of England
John of England

John reigned as List of English monarchs from 6 April 1199, until his death. He succeeded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard I of England, who died without issue....
.

She married Theobald V, Count of Blois
Theobald V, Count of Blois

Theobald V of Blois , also known as Theobald the Good , was Count of Blois from 1151 to 1191. He was son of Theobald II of Champagne and Matilda of Carinthia....
 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
    Louis I, Count of Blois

    Louis I of Blois was count of Blois from 1191 to 1205. He was the son of Theobald V, Count of Blois and Alix of France. His maternal grandparents were Louis VII of France and his first wife Eleanor of Aquitaine....
    , who died in Constantinople
    Constantinople

    Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
     in 1205
  3. Henri (d. 1182)
  4. Philippe (d. 1202)
  5. Marguerite of Blois (d. aft. 1230), who married (1) Otto I, Count of Burgundy
    Otto I, Count of Burgundy

    Otto I was the Count of Burgundy from 1190 to his death and briefly Count of Luxembourg from 1196 to 1197. He was the fourth son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy....
    ; (2) Gauthier II, Seigneur of Avesnes. (see Margaret of Blois)
  6. Isabelle of Chartres (1180–1247/1248), married (1) Sulpice of Amboise; (2) Jean de Montmirail
  7. Alix of Blois, abbess of Fontevrault


Sources

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