Louis VIII Capet the Lion of France

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Louis VIII Capet the Lion of France

Louis VIII Capet the Lion of was born on September 3rd, 1187. Louis VIII Capet the Lion of's father was Philip II Augustus Capet of France and his mother was Isabella of Hainault. His paternal grandparents were Louis VII Capet the Younger of France and Adelaide de Blois de Champagne; his maternal grandparents were Baldwin V (VIII of Flanders) of Hainault and Margaret de Lorraine of Flanders. He had a sister named Agnes of. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Philip Hurepel of and Maria. He died at the age of 39 on November 8th, 1226.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Henry I Capet of France ^*
  - b.Apr 1008 in Bourgogne, France d.04 Aug 1061 in Vitry-en-Brie, France
  
  Philip I the Fair Capet of France
  - b.1052 in France d.29 Jul 1108 in Meulan
  
  Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna of Kiev ^*
  - b.Bet 1024 and 1036 in Kiev, Ukraine (Russia) d.~  1075 in France
  
  Louis VI the Fat Capet of France
  - b.~  1081 in Paris, France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau Bethizy, Paris, France
  
  Floris I (Florenz) de Holland ^*
  - b.1017 in Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands d.28 Jun 1061 in Nederhemert, Gelderland, Netherlands
  
  Bertha von Westfriesland of Holland
  - b.~  1054 d.1093
  
  Gertrude of Saxony ^*
  - b.<  1027 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Germany d.04 Aug 1113
  
  Louis VII Capet the Younger of France
  - b.1120 d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, France
  
  Amadeus II de Maurienne de Savoie ^*
  - b.~  1046 d.26 Jan 1079/80
  
  Humbert II the Fat de Maurienne of Savoy
  - b.Bet 1062 and 1070 in Savoie, France d.14 Oct 1103
  
  Johanna of Geneva
  - b.<  1055 d.~  1095
  
  Adelaide de Maurienne of Savoy
  - b.~  1092 d.18 Nov 1154
  
  William I the Great of Burgundy ^*
  - b.~  1024 d.12 Nov 1087
  
  Gisele of Burgundy
  - b.Bet 1060 and 1070 in France d.>  1133
  
  Etiennette de Longwy ^*
  - b.~  1035 d.>  1088
  
  Philip II Augustus Capet of France
  - b.21 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, Paris, France d.14 Jul 1223 in Mantes, France
  
  Theobald III (Thibaut I de Champagne) of Blois ^*
  - b.~  1019 d.1089 in Tours, France
  
  Stephen Henry the Sage of Blois
  - b.1058 in Blois, France d.27 May 1102 in Rames, France
  
  Alix de Crepi ^*
  - b.Bet 1013 and 1035 in Crepi, Aisne, France
  
  Theobald III the Great of Blois
  - b.Bet 1088 and 1090 d.8 Jan 1150/51
  
  William I the Conqueror of England ^*
  - b.Bet 1023 and 1028 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube/Hermenbraville, near Rouen,Normandy,France
  
  Adela de Normandy
  - b.1062 in Normandy, France d.8 Mar 1136/37 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France
  
  Mathilda of Flanders ^*
  - b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
  
  Adelaide de Blois de Champagne
  - b.~  1140 d.04 Jun 1206
  
  Ingelbert I Von Sponheim
  - b.<  1075
  
  Ingelbert II Von Sponheim of Carinthia
  - b.<  1090 d.>  1110
  
  Hedwig von Flinsbach
  - b.<  1075
  
  Mathilda von Sponheim of Carinthia
  - b.Bet 1090 and 1115 d.~  1161
  
  Ulrich non Cham
  - b.<  1075
  
  Uta von Cham
  - b.<  1090 d.>  1110
  
  Adelaide von Lechsgemund
  - b.<  1075
  
  Louis VIII Capet the Lion of France
  - b.03 Sep 1187 d.08 Nov 1226
  
  Baldwin II (VII of Flanders) of Hainault ^*
  - b.~  1056 d.>08 Jun 1098
  
  Baldwin III of Hainault
  - b.1088 d.1120
  
  Alix de Louvain ^*
  - b.<  1077 d.1139
  
  Baldwin IV de Mons of Hainault
  - b.~  1110 d.07 Nov 1171
  
  Gerard I Flaminus de Wassenberg of Guelders ^*
  - b.Bet 1040 and 1060 d.>  1072
  
  Yolande (Jolante) de Geire of Guelders
  - b.>  1072 d.>  1107
  
  Clemence of Poitou ^*
  - b.Bet 1058 and 1060 d.>  1129
  
  Baldwin V (VIII of Flanders) of Hainault
  - b.1150 d.17 Dec 1195
  
  Adalbert (Albert) III of Namur ^*
  - b.~  1030 d.1102
  
  Godfrey of Dagsburg and Namur
  - b.1068 d.1139
  
  Ida Billung of Saxony ^*
  - b.1046 d.31 Jul 1102
  
  Alice de Namur
  - b.~  1115 d.Jul 1169
  
  Conrad I of Luxemburg ^*
  - b.~  1040 d.08 Aug 1086
  
  Ermesind of Luxemburg
  - b.Bet 1075 and 1080 d.24 Jun 1143
  
  Clemence of Poitou ^*
  - b.Bet 1058 and 1060 d.>  1129
  
  Isabella of Hainault
  - b.1170 d.15 Mar 1189/90
  
  Gerhard IV of Alsace and Chatenois ^*
  - b.>  0977 d.14 Apr 1070
  
  Dietrich II of Alsace and Upper Lorraine
  - b.~  1044 d.23 Jan 1114/15
  
  Hedwig of Namur ^*
  - b.<  1000 d.Bet 1075 and 1080
  
  Dietrich (Thierry) d'Alsace of Lorraine
  - b.Bet 1100 and 1113 d.17 Jan 1167/68
  
  Robert I the Frisian of Flanders ^*
  - b.Bet 1033 and 1035 in Flanders, Nord, France d.03 Oct 1093 in Kassel, Germany
  
  Gertrude of Flanders
  - b.Bet 1050 and 1065 d.1117
  
  Gertrude of Saxony ^*
  - b.<  1027 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Germany d.04 Aug 1113
  
  Margaret de Lorraine of Flanders
  - b.~  1148 d.15 Nov 1194
  
  Fulk IV (Foulques) the Rude of Anjou ^*
  - b.1043 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1106
  
  Fulk V (Foulques) Le Jeune of Anjou
  - b.1092 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Plains of Acre, Palestine
  
  Bertrada de Montfort ^*
  - b.1059 d.14 Feb 1116/17 in Fontevrault
  
  Sybill of Anjou
  - b.1115 d.1165 in Abbey of St. Lazarus, Bethlehem
  
  Helias of Maine ^*
  - b.<  1080 d.>  1096
  
  Ermengarde of Maine
  - b.~  1096 d.1126
  
  Matilde de Chateau-du-Loir ^*
  - b.<  1083 d.>  1096
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Louis VIII Capet the Lion of's family with Blanca of Castile

‌Louis VIII Capet the Lion of and Blanca of were married in a religious ceremony on May 23rd, 1200. They had eight sons and a daughter, named Louis IX Capet the Saint of, Robert Capet I, Etienne Capet, Jean Capet, Philippe Capet, Philippe Dagobert Capet, Alphonse Capet, Charles I Capet of and Isabella Capet.

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Louis VIII Capet the Lion of France

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Louis VIII Capet the Lion of's family with Blanca of Castile

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