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Help[Opinions] Re: Alix
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I adore Alix.
I remember reading a biography of Eleanor of Acquitaine. One of her dds was Alix. I think that's the first time I noticed it. But knowing how changeable spellings were back then, I didn't put much stock in the name.
But once I read about Queen Victoria's dd Alice changing her name to Alix to fit into her German / Hessian dh's country I truly fell in love with it. (Her dd Alix became Tsaritsa Alexandra.)
I love the combo Victoria Alix / Alix Victoria. But Wilhelmina Alix / Alix Wilhelmina reigns supreme in my heart as my favorite combo for Alix.
I can see how most people would think of it as merely a creative spelling of Alex. Even BtN gets that wrong. As you say it's a form of Alice and deserves more respect. Alix is the height of sophistication and elegance, to me.
I remember reading a biography of Eleanor of Acquitaine. One of her dds was Alix. I think that's the first time I noticed it. But knowing how changeable spellings were back then, I didn't put much stock in the name.
But once I read about Queen Victoria's dd Alice changing her name to Alix to fit into her German / Hessian dh's country I truly fell in love with it. (Her dd Alix became Tsaritsa Alexandra.)
I love the combo Victoria Alix / Alix Victoria. But Wilhelmina Alix / Alix Wilhelmina reigns supreme in my heart as my favorite combo for Alix.
I can see how most people would think of it as merely a creative spelling of Alex. Even BtN gets that wrong. As you say it's a form of Alice and deserves more respect. Alix is the height of sophistication and elegance, to me.
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Yes, I also became aware of the name through Victoria's daughter Alice (she changed it to Alix because her new German subjects didn't understand how a "ce" could be pronounced as an "s"), and her daughter, Alix Hesse who would become Tsarina Alexandra Romanov.
Ten points to you!
Ten points to you!
This message was edited 3/4/2009, 11:08 AM
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