Alix de Blois-Champagne (1140-1206)
daughter of Thibaut IV-II, Count of Blois and Chartres 1102-1152
and Mathilde von Kaernten
Born circa 1140
Died 4 June 1206 Paris
Married 3 November 1160
Louis VII, King of France 1137-1180
Born 1120
Died 18 September 1180 Paris
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King Louis VII of France was in urgent need of a son and heir as his
first two wives, Eleonore de Poitou and Constance of Castile, had made
him the father of only four girls. And so, on 13 November 1160, only a
month after the death of his second wife, he married Alix de Blois.
In 1165 she became the mother of a son, Philippe II August, later to
be followed by two more daughters. In 1180, Louis VII died, making the
15-year-old Philippe II king of an area little larger than the Ile de France.
Perhaps this was the reason why he took some of his
mother's castles, causing a quarrel. However, these disagreements were
settled and, when Philippe II went on crusade (1190-1191), she acted as
his Regent.
Source: Leo van de Pas |
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