Louis VIII Capet (roi de France, comte d'Artois)

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Personal and Family Information

Louis was born on 05 SEP 1187 in Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France , the son of Philippe II Auguste Capet and Isabelle de Hainaut.

He died on 08 NOV 1226 in Montpensier, Aigueperse, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France .

His wife was Blanca de Castilla, who he married on 23 MAY 1200 in Pont-Audemer, Bernay, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France . Their thirteen known children were Blanche (1205-1206), Agnès (1207-1207), Philippe (1209-1218), Alphonse (1213-?), Jean (1213-?), saint Louis IX (1214/15-1270), Robert I (1216-1250), Jean Tristan (1219-1232), Alphonse (1220-1271), Philippe Dagobert (1222-1232), Étienne (1225-1227), beata Isabelle (1225-1270) and Charles I Étienne (1226-1285).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Louis VIII Capet
(1187-1226)

 

Philippe II Auguste Capet
(1165-1223)

 

Louis VII Capet
(1120-1160)

 

Louis VI Capet
(1081-1137)

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Adélaïde de Savoie
(c1082-1154)

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Adèle de Champagne
(c1140-1206)

 

Thibaut de Blois
(1090-<1152)

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Mechtild von Kärnten
(c1106-1160)

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Isabelle de Hainaut
(1170-1190)

 

Baudouin de Hainaut
(c1150-1195)

 

Baudouin IV de Hainaut
(1108-1171)

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Alix de Namur
(c1118-1169)

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Marguerite I d'Alsace
(1145-1194)

 

Thierry de Lorraine
(1099-1168)

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Sybille d'Anjou
(1119-1165)

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Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth 5 SEP 1187
Place: Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France
Death 8 NOV 1226
Place: Montpensier, Aigueperse, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
Cause: dysentery
Burial 1226
Place: Saint-Denis, Seine-St. Denis, Île-de-France, France

Attributes

AttributeDateDescriptionDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Nobility Title FROM 1223 TO 1226 roi de France
Nobility Title FROM 1190 TO 1226 comte d'Artois

Notes

Note 1

found in Bourbon tree

Note 2

found in Windsor tree

Sources

  1. Wikipedia English
    Source: Wikipedia English