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Alix of France

Countess of Blois from 1164 to 1191

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
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Alix of France was countess of Blois by marriage to Theobald V of Blois. She served as regent of Blois during Theobald's absence in 1190–1191, and during the minority of their son Louis from 1191 until 1197. She was the daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Alix of France” is countess of Blois from 1164 to 1191. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Alix, France and Countess, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1190, 1191, 1197—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Alix, France and Countess is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Alix of France” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.