Alix of France, Countess of Blois

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

Alix of France (July–August 1150 – 1197/1198) was countess consort of Blois and regent of Blois during the absence of her spouse and the minority of her son from 1190 until 1197. She was the second daughter born to King Louis VII of France and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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, barely a year after Alix's birth. She and her sister, Marie, were declared legitimate, and the custody of the two girls was awarded to their father. Eleanor soon after left the French court and just eight weeks later, she married Henry II, Duke of Normandy, who later became King of England. In due course, Alix became the older half-sister to several maternal half-siblings, including Richard the Lionheart and his younger brother John Lackland. Louis also remarried, firstly to Constance of Castile, who gave birth to Margaret of France and Alys, Countess of the Vexin, and secondly to Adèle of Champagne, who bore Philip II of France and Agnes, the Byzantine Empress.

In 1164, Alix married Theobald V, Count of Blois, who, ironically enough, had previously attempted to abduct Alix's mother to force her into a marriage with him. Her older sister, Marie, married Theobald's brother, Henry.

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