Alix of France [SEP] mother
Alix of France
Alix of France (July–August 1150 – 1197/1198) was countess consort of Blois by marriage to Theobald V, Count of Blois. She was regent of Blois during the absence of her spouse in 1190-1191, and regent during the minority of Louis I, Count of Blois from 1191 until 1197.
Life.
Alix was the second daughter born to King Louis VII of France and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, and was named after her aunt Petronilla of Aquitaine, who was also called "
Angoulême for her son, Hugh XII of Lusignan.
Life.
Yolande was born in Dreux, France at the end of 1218, the only daughter of Pierre de Dreux and Alix, Duchess of Brittany. She had two brothers, John I, Duke of Brittany and Arthur of Brittany (1220–1224). By her father's second marriage to Nicole, she had a half-brother, Olivier de Braine (1231–1279). Her mother, Alix, had died on 21 October 1221, when Yolande was not quite