Saint, King Louis Capet of France IX 
Louis was born on April 25th, 1214 in Poissy, France.1 Birth Notes
B: 25 Apr 1215
P: Chateau de Poissy, Poissy, Isle de France
General Notes
King Louis IX of France or Saint Louis (1215 - 1270) was King of France from 1226 to 1270. A member of the Capetian dynasty, he was born on April 25, 1215 at Poissy, France, the son of King Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile. The image of Louis seen here is by the 16th-century painter El Greco His father died when Louis was eleven years old and he was crowned in 1226 in the cathedral at Reims. His mother acted as Regent until 1234 and continued as an important counselor to the king until her death in 1252.
Louis married on May 27, 1234, Marguerite de Provence (1221 - December 21, 1295).
Their children were:
Blanche - (1240 - April 29, 1243)
Isabelle - (March 2, 1241 - January 28, 1271)
Louis - (February 25, 1244 - January 1260)
Philippe III - (May 1, 1245 - October 5, 1285)
Jean - (born and died in 1248)
Jean Tristan - (1250 - August 3, 1270)
Pierre - (1251 - 1284)
Blanche - (1253 - 1323)
Marguerite - (1254 - 1271)
Robert - (1256 - February 7, 1317)
Agnè - (c. 1260 - December 19, 1327)
Louis' patronage of the arts drove much innovation in Gothic art and architecture, and the style of his court radiated throughout Europe by both the purchase of art objects from Parisian masters for export and by the marriage of the king's many daughters to foreign husbands and their subsequent introduction of Parisian models elsewhere. Louis' personal chapel, the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, was copied more than once by his descendants elsewhere.
Louis went on crusade twice, in 1248 (Seventh Crusade) and then in 1270 (Eighth Crusade).
Louis was the elder brother of Charles I of Sicily (1227-1285), whom he created count of Anjou, thus founding the second Angevin dynasty.
He died near Tunis on August 25, 1270. His finger is interred at Saint Denis Basilica but most of his body is buried in Tunisia.
Pope Boniface VIII proclaimed the canonization of Louis in 1297; he is the only French monarch ever to be made a saint.
Louis IX was succeeded by his son, Philippe III.
The city of Saint Louis, Missouri, Lac Saint-Louis in Quebec, and the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in California are named for him.
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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.23 May 1052 in Reims, Champagen, France d.29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Isle De France
- b.1081 in France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau De Baethizy, Paris, Isle De France
- b.1054 in Vlaaringen, Netherlands d.1093 in Montreuil-sur-Loire, France
- b.1119 in Reims, Champagne, France d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, France
- b.1062 in Savoy, France d.23 Sep 1104
- b.1092 in Savoy, France d.18 Nov 1154
- b.1070 in Savoy, France d.1153
- b.21 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, France d.14 Jul 1223 in Mantes, France
- b.1045 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.19 May 1102 in Ramula, Holy Land
- b.1090 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.1152 in Lagny-sur-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
- b.1062 d.08 Mar 1136 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France
- b.1140 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.1206
- b.1075 in Karnten, Austria d.13 Apr 1141
- b.1102 in Karnten, Austria d.13 Dec 1161
- b.1085 in Sulzbach, Ambert, Oberpfalz, Bavaria d.13 Sep 1141 in Seon
- b.05 Sep 1187 in Paris, France d.08 Nov 1226 in Auvergne, France
- b.1087 d.1120
- b.1108 in Mons, Hainault, Belgium d.13 Nov 1172
- b.1089 in Wassenburg, Rhineland, Prussia d.1127
- b.1150 in Hainault, Belgium d.22 Dec 1196
- b.1067 in Namur, France d.19 Aug 1139 in Namur, France
- b.1110 in Namur, Wallonia, Belgium d.Jul 1169
- b.1075 in Trier, Rhineland, Germany d.24 Jun 1143
- b.1170 d.1190
- b.1060 in Lorraine, France d.23 Jan 1115 in Chatenois
- b.1101 in Alsace, France d.22 Jan 1169
- b.1070 d.1120
- b.1135 in Alsace, France d.20 Nov 1195
- b.1093 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem
- b.1115 in Château d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.1165 in Bethlehem, Palestine
- b.1096 in Maine, France d.1126 in Maine, France
- b.25 Apr 1214 in Poissy, France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Africa
- b.1067 in Bourgogne, France d.24 May 1107 in Grajal
- b.01 Mar 1105 d.21 Aug 1157 in Fresneda
- b.1082 d.1126
- b.1134 d.31 Aug 1158 in Toledo, Spain
- b.1055 d.1098 in Jerusalem
- b.1107 d.03 Feb 1148 in Palencia, Spain
- b.1095 d.1129
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Castile, Spain d.06 Oct 1214 in Gutierre Munoz, Avila, Castile
- b.1070 d.1115
- b.1110 d.21 Nov 1150 in Lorca de Navarra
- b.1077
- b.1133 d.31 Aug 1158 in Toledo, Spain
- b.1061 in Aigle, Orne, Normandy, France d.1118
- b.1104 d.25 May 1141
- b.1080 in Perche, Orne, Normandy, France d.1109
- b.04 Mar 1187 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.27 Nov 1252 in Paris, France
- b.1093 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Château d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau du Loir, France
- b.1096 in Maine, France d.1126 in Maine, France
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.21 Feb 1069 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis, Seine-St. Dennis, France
- b.07 Feb 1102 in Winchester, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Martime, France
- b.1079 in Dumferline, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.25 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Burgos, Spain
- b.22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.10 Feb 1126 in France
- b.1099 in Toulouse, Languedoc, Haute-Garonne, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Saint Jacques-de-Comopostelle, Spain
- b.1073 in France d.28 Nov 1118 in Fontevrault Abbe, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.21 Nov 1122 in Chateau de Berlin, Gironde, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1075 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.07 Nov 1151 in L'lle-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
- b.1103 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.Mar 1130
- b.1079 in Isle Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France d.1119
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Details of Louis' family with Marguerite Berenger of Provence
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