King Louis (The Lion) Capet of France VIII (Louis of France) 
Louis, known as The Lion, was born on September 5th, 1187 in Paris, France.1 The Lion's father was King Philip Augustus Capet of France II and his mother was Isabella of Hainault. His paternal grandparents were King Louis (The Younger) Capet of France VII and Adele of Blois de Champagne; his maternal grandparents were Count Baldwin (The Brave) of Hainault V and Marguerite of Upper Lorraine. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Philippe and Marie. He died at the age of 39 on November 8th, 1226 in Auvergne, France.1 General Notes
Louis VIII (1187 - 1226), a member of the Capetian dynasty, was King of France from 1223 to 1226. He was born September 5, 1187, in Paris, France, the son of King Philippe II Auguste and Isabelle de Hainaut.
Prince Louis was victorious in the battles against the armies of King John of England. In 1216 the English barons rebelled against the very unpopular King John and offered the throne to Louis. In May of 1216, Prince Louis of France and his army invaded England, but after a year and a half of war, Louis was forced to give up on his desire to become the King of England and signed the Treaty of Lambeth.
Louis succeeded his father on July 14, 1223 and was crowned king on August 6 of the same year in the cathedral at Reims. As king, he was still seeking redemption from the Angevins and seized Poitou and Saintonge from them in 1224. This was followed by the seizure of Avignon and Languedoc.
While returning to Paris, King Louis was stricken with dysentery, and died on November 8, 1226 in the chateau at Montpensier, Auvergne.
King Louis VIII was interred at Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son, Louis IX.
Marriage
On May 23, 1200, at the age of twelve, he was married to Blanche of Castile (March 4, 1188 - November 26, 1252).
Issue:
Philippe - (September 9, 1209 - 1218)
Louis IX - (April 25, 1214 - August 25, 1270)
Robert - (September 25, 1216 - February 9, 1250)
Jean - (July 21, 1219 - 1232)
Alphonse of Toulouse - (November 11, 1220 - August 21, 1271)
Philippe Dagobert - (February 20, 1222 - 1232)
Isabelle - (June 1225 - February 23, 1269)
Etienne - (born and died 1226)
Charles I of Sicily - (March 1227 - January 7, 1285)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.Apr 1008 in Bourgogne, Burgundy, France d.04 Aug 1060 in Vitry, Brie, France
- b.23 May 1052 in Reims, Champagen, France d.29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Isle De France
- b.1036 in Kiev, Ukraine d.1076 in France
- b.1081 in France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau De Baethizy, Paris, Isle De France
- b.1017 in Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands d.28 Jun 1061 in Nederhemert, Gelderland, Netherlands
- b.1054 in Vlaaringen, Netherlands d.1093 in Montreuil-sur-Loire, France
- b.1028 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria d.04 Aug 1113
- b.1119 in Reims, Champagne, France d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, France
- b.1047 d.09 Dec 1080
- b.1062 in Savoy, France d.23 Sep 1104
- b.1040 d.1070
- b.1092 in Savoy, France d.18 Nov 1154
- b.1020 in Bourgogne, France d.11 Nov 1087 in Besancon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France
- b.1070 in Savoy, France d.1153
- b.1031 in Longwy, Meuthe-et-Mosel, France d.30 Jun 1109
- b.21 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, France d.14 Jul 1223 in Mantes, France
- b.1012 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.Sep 1089 in Epernay, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
- b.1045 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.19 May 1102 in Ramula, Holy Land
- b.1019 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Maine, Pays-de-la-Loire, France d.1090
- b.1090 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.1152 in Lagny-sur-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandie, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie
- b.1062 d.08 Mar 1136 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.1140 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.1206
- b.1055 d.13 Feb 1097
- b.1075 in Karnten, Austria d.13 Apr 1141
- b.1075 d.1112
- b.1102 in Karnten, Austria d.13 Dec 1161
- b.1050 d.08 Jan 1100
- b.1085 in Sulzbach, Ambert, Oberpfalz, Bavaria d.13 Sep 1141 in Seon
- b.1050 d.1112
- b.05 Sep 1187 in Paris, France d.08 Nov 1226 in Auvergne, France
- b.1056 in Flanders, Belgium d.1098
- b.1087 d.1120
- b.1065
- b.1108 in Mons, Hainault, Belgium d.13 Nov 1172
- b.1055 in Wassenberg, Rheinland, Prussia d.24 Oct 1129
- b.1089 in Wassenburg, Rhineland, Prussia d.1127
- b.1048 d.1129
- b.1150 in Hainault, Belgium d.22 Dec 1196
- b.1030 d.22 Jun 1102
- b.1067 in Namur, France d.19 Aug 1139 in Namur, France
- b.1110 in Namur, Wallonia, Belgium d.Jul 1169
- b.1030
- b.1075 in Trier, Rhineland, Germany d.24 Jun 1143
- b.1048 d.1129
- b.1170 d.1190
- b.1024 d.18 Jan 1071
- b.1060 in Lorraine, France d.23 Jan 1115 in Chatenois
- b.1030 d.1074
- b.1101 in Alsace, France d.22 Jan 1169
- b.1035 d.17 Aug 1094
- b.1070 d.1120
- b.1028 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria d.04 Aug 1113
- b.1135 in Alsace, France d.20 Nov 1195
- b.1033 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1109 in Anjou, France
- b.1093 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem
- b.1060 in Montfort, France d.14 Feb 1116 in Fontrevault, France
- b.1115 in Château d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.1165 in Bethlehem, Palestine
- b.1060 in Maine, France d.11 Jun 1110 in LeMans, Vienne, Poitou, France
- b.1096 in Maine, France d.1126 in Maine, France
- b.1080 d.08 Feb 1100
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Details of The Lion's family with Princess Blanche Alphonsa of Castile
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