Alix, Countess of Eu
Alix d’Eu, was ruling Countess of Eu in 1191–1246.
She was the daughter of Henry II, Count of Eu, and Matilda, daughter of Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and Isabel de Warenne. Countess of Eu, Lady of Hastings. Alix was the last ruler of the county of Eu from the House of Normandy. Alix inherited Eu and Hastings upon her father’s death in 1191 as her older brothers had both died prematurely.
In 1219, Alix travelled to England apparently under some arrangement with Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, Justicar of England. Their relationship remains a mystery.
In a charter dated February 1233, Alix granted terram de Forz…ex eschæta Guillelmi quondam domini de Forz et comitis Aubemarle to Louis IX, King of France. It is unclear how Alix came to control Forz.
Alix married Raoul I of Lusignan in 1213, resulting in his becoming Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings, de jure uxoris, in 1214. Alix and Raoul had:
Alix was interred at La Mothe-Saint-Héray upon her death. The Counts of Eu continued through several generations of the House of Lusignan.
