1564109 - King of France, Louis VIII Capet the Lion

King of France, Louis VIII Capet the Lion

Birth Name	King of France, Louis VIII Capet the Lion 1a 2a 3a
Gramps ID	I30820
Gender	male
Age at Death	39 years, 3 days

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Birth [E41669]	1187-11-05	Paris, Seine, France			4 1b 4 3b 4
Death [E41670]	1226-11-08	Montpensier, Auvergne, France			4 1c 4 3c 4
_FA1 [E41671]		Acceded: 1223. Interred: St. Denis, France.			1d 3d
_FA2 [E41672]		Attemted to sieze English throne w/ support of rebellios English barons.			1e 3e
_FA3 [E41673]		As Prince of France, met by popular acclaim in his English campaign.			1f 3f
_FA4 [E41674]	1216-06-14	Took Winchester, beseiged Royal Castle there.			1g 3g
_FA5 [E41675]		His legal claim (wife was John’s niece) was spurious.			1h 3h
_FA6 [E41676]		At time of John’s death, controlled half of England.			5 1i 5 3i 5

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date	Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father	King of France, Philippe II Capet Augustus [I31023]	1165-08-21	1223-07-14
Mother	de Hainault, Isabella [I31024]	1170-04-05	1189/90-03-15 (Julian)
	King of France, Louis VIII Capet the Lion [I30820]	1187-11-05	1226-11-08

Families

Family of King of France, Louis VIII Capet the Lion and de Castile, Blanca [F10016]

Married

Wife

de Castile, Blanca [I26017] ( * 1188-05-23 + 1253-11-30 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E57819]	1200
Marriage [E57820]	1200-05-23	Normandy			6 7a 1j

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
France, Philippe [I25778]	1209	1218
King of France, St. Louis IX Capet [I32590]	1214-04-25	1270-08-25
Ct de Artois, Robert Capet de Artois I [I30903]	1216-09-00	1249/50-01-08 (Julian)
France, Philippe [I24754]	1218	1220
France, Jean [I26471]	1219	1232
France, Alphonse [I24138]	1220	1271
France, Isabelle [I26319]	1224
France, Etienne [I12516]	1225
King of Naples & Sicily, Charles I Capet de [I30824]	1225/6-03-21 (Julian)	1284/5-01-07 (Julian)

Pedigree

King of France, Philippe II Capet Augustus [I31023]
1. de Hainault, Isabella [I31024]
  1. King of France, Louis VIII Capet the Lion
    1. de Castile, Blanca [I26017]

Ancestors

King of France, Louis VIII Capet the Lion
* 1187-11-05
+ 1226-11-08

King of France, Philippe II Capet Augustus
* 1165-08-21
+ 1223-07-14

King of France, Louis VII Capet le Jeune
* 1120
+ 1180-09-18

King of France, Louis VI Capet le Gros
* BET. 1077 - 1081
+ 1137-08-01

de Maurienne, Adelaide (Alix) de Savoie
* 1092
+ 1154-11-18

de Champagne, Adele
* 1140
+ 1206-06-04

Ct de Blois, Theobald III le Grand
* 1088
+ 1151/2-01-08 (Julian)

de Carinthia, Maud (Mathilda)
* BET. 1097 - 1105
+ 1160-12-13

de Hainault, Isabella
* 1170-04-05
+ 1189/90-03-15 (Julian)

Ct de Flanders, Baudouin X de Hainault
* 1150
+ 1195-12-17

Ct de Flanders, Baudouin IX de Mons
* 1110
+ 1171-11-08

Cts de Namuer, Alix de Namuer
* BET. 1115 - 1117
+ 1169-07-00

de Flanders, Margaret de Lorraine
* about 1135
+ 1194-11-15

Ct de Flanders, Dietrich (Thierry) de Alsace
* 1113
+ 1167/8-01-17 (Julian)

de Anjou, Sybilla
* 1115
+ 1165

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