Alix, Duchess of Brittany
- Alix, Duchess of Brittany
Alix of Thouars (5 September1201 – October 21 1221) (in Breton Alis) was the nominal Duchess of Brittany from 1203 to her death.
Life
Alix was born on or shortly before 5 September 1201. She was the daughter of Constance, Duchess of Brittany and Guy of Thouars. Constance died after giving birth to Alix and her twin sister Catherine. Alix's half brother was Arthur I, Duke of Brittany. In 1206, King Philip II of France annexed Brittany from her father and became the Regent of the duchy in Alix’s name. In 1213, the King arranged her marriage to his cousin Peter of Dreux, who became the regent. Alix died in childbirth, without having exercised much control over her own inheritance. She was succeeded in the duchy by her son John I, but Peter remained the de facto ruler of Brittany until 1237. Alix had two surviving children.
Children
#John I, Duke of Brittany (1217-1286). Married 1236 Blanche of Navarre. Had issue.
#Yolande de Dreux, Countess of Penthièvre and Porhoet (1218-10 October1272). Married January 1236 Hugh XI of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Angouleme.Had issue.
ource
*Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 96-28, 135-29, 271-28
*The Complete Peerage
ee also
*Dukes of Brittany family tree
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