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King of France Louis VIII "The Lion" Capet

King of France Louis VIII "The Lion" Capet

Male 1187 - 1226  (39 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  King of France Louis VIII "The Lion" Capet was born on 5 Sep 1187 in Paris, Seine, France (son of King of France Philip II Augustus Capet and Isabella d'Hainaut); died on 7 Nov 1226 in Montpensier, Auvergne, France.

    Louis married of Castile Blanche on 23 May 1200 in Bapaume, Normandy, France. Blanche (daughter of King of Castile VIII Alfonso and Princess of England Eleanor Plantagenet) was born on 4 Mar 1187/88 in Palencia, Castile, Spain; died on 30 Nov 1253 in Palais du Louver, Paris, Seine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Count of Artois Robert I Capet was born in Sep 1216; died on 9 Feb 1249/50.
    2. King of France Louis IX "St. Louis" Capet was born on 21 Apr 1214 in Poissy, France; died on 25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Tunisia, Africa.
    3. Count of Artois Alphonse Capet was born in 1207/1226; died in 1271.
    4. Count of Anjou Charles I d'Anjou was born in Mar 1225/26; died on 7 Jan 1284/85 in Foggia, Kingdom of Naples.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  King of France Philip II Augustus Capet was born on 21 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, France (son of King of France Louis VII "The Younger" Capet and Adele de Blois); died on 14 Jul 1223 in Mantes, France.

    Philip married Isabella d'Hainaut on 28 Apr 1180 in Bapaume, Normandy, France. Isabella (daughter of Baldwin, Count of Hainaut V and of Flanders Marguerite I de Flandre) was born on 5 Apr 1170 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 15 Mar 1190 in Paris, Paris, Ile-De-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Isabella d'Hainaut was born on 5 Apr 1170 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (daughter of Baldwin, Count of Hainaut V and of Flanders Marguerite I de Flandre); died on 15 Mar 1190 in Paris, Paris, Ile-De-France, France.
    Children:
    1. 1. King of France Louis VIII "The Lion" Capet was born on 5 Sep 1187 in Paris, Seine, France; died on 7 Nov 1226 in Montpensier, Auvergne, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  King of France Louis VII "The Younger" Capet was born in 1120 in Fontainebleau, France (son of King of France Louis VI "The Fat" Capet and Countess of Savoy Adélaïde de Maurienne); died on 18 Sep 1180 in Notre Dame de Barbeau, Fontainebleau, France; was buried .

    Louis married Adele de Blois on 18 Oct 1160. Adele (daughter of Count of Blois and Champagne Theobald IV de Blois and Princess of Carinthia Mathilde von Sponheim) was born about 1140 in Blois, Loire-et-Cher, France; died on 4 Jun 1206 in Paris, Seine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Adele de Blois was born about 1140 in Blois, Loire-et-Cher, France (daughter of Count of Blois and Champagne Theobald IV de Blois and Princess of Carinthia Mathilde von Sponheim); died on 4 Jun 1206 in Paris, Seine, France.
    Children:
    1. 2. King of France Philip II Augustus Capet was born on 21 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, France; died on 14 Jul 1223 in Mantes, France.
    2. Agnes Capet was born in 1171; died after 1204.

  3. 6.  Baldwin, Count of Hainaut V was born in 1150 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium (son of Baldwin IV "Le Bâtisseur" Count of Hainaut and Alix de Namur); died on 17 Dec 1195 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Mons, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium.

    Baldwin married of Flanders Marguerite I de Flandre in 1169. Marguerite (daughter of Duke of Alsace, Count of Flanders III Thierry and Sibylla d'Anjou) was born in 1135 in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 15 Nov 1194 in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; was buried in Bruges, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  of Flanders Marguerite I de Flandre was born in 1135 in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (daughter of Duke of Alsace, Count of Flanders III Thierry and Sibylla d'Anjou); died on 15 Nov 1194 in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; was buried in Bruges, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
    Children:
    1. 3. Isabella d'Hainaut was born on 5 Apr 1170 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 15 Mar 1190 in Paris, Paris, Ile-De-France, France.
    2. Yolande d'Hainaut was born in 1175 in Hainaut, France; died on 26 Aug 1219 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
    3. Baldwin, Count of Hainaut VI was born on 11 Jul 1171 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 11 Jun 1205 in Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  King of France Louis VI "The Fat" Capet was born in 1081 in Herbst, France (son of King of France Philip I "The Fair" Capet and Countess of Holland Bertha); died on 1 Aug 1137 in Bethizy Castle, Paris, Seine, France; was buried in St Denis, Seine-Saint-Deni, France.

    Louis married Countess of Savoy Adélaïde de Maurienne on 3 Aug 1115 in Paris, Seine, France. Adélaïde (daughter of Count of Maurienne and Savoy, Marquis of Turin Humbert II de Maurienne and Countess of Burgundy-Ivrea Gisela Burgundy) was born about 1092 in Savoy, France; died on 18 Nov 1154 in Montmartre Abbey, Paris, France; was buried in Montmartre Abbey, Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Countess of Savoy Adélaïde de Maurienne was born about 1092 in Savoy, France (daughter of Count of Maurienne and Savoy, Marquis of Turin Humbert II de Maurienne and Countess of Burgundy-Ivrea Gisela Burgundy); died on 18 Nov 1154 in Montmartre Abbey, Paris, France; was buried in Montmartre Abbey, Paris, France.
    Children:
    1. 4. King of France Louis VII "The Younger" Capet was born in 1120 in Fontainebleau, France; died on 18 Sep 1180 in Notre Dame de Barbeau, Fontainebleau, France; was buried .
    2. co-King of France Philip Capet was born on 29 Aug 1116; died on 13 Oct 1131 in Greve, Paris, France; was buried in Saint-Denis, Paris, France.
    3. Emperor of Constantinople Pierre II Capet was born in 1125; died in 1183.
    4. Count of Dreux Robert Capet was born about 1123 in Reims, Marne, France; died on 11 Oct 1184/1185 in Braine, Aisne, France; was buried in Braine, Aisne, France.

  3. 10.  Count of Blois and Champagne Theobald IV de Blois was born on 2 Apr 1093 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France (son of Count of Blois Stephen Henry II (Etienne Henri) "The Sage" and Adela (Adelle)); died on 8 Jan 1151/52; was buried on 10 Jan 1152.

    Theobald married Princess of Carinthia Mathilde von Sponheim in 1123 in Blois, Loir-et-cher, France. Mathilde (daughter of Duke of Carinthia, Margrave of Istre II Engelbert and Utha von Passau) was born in 1097 in Karnten, Austria; died on 13 Dec 1160 in Fontrevault, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Princess of Carinthia Mathilde von Sponheim was born in 1097 in Karnten, Austria (daughter of Duke of Carinthia, Margrave of Istre II Engelbert and Utha von Passau); died on 13 Dec 1160 in Fontrevault, France.
    Children:
    1. 5. Adele de Blois was born about 1140 in Blois, Loire-et-Cher, France; died on 4 Jun 1206 in Paris, Seine, France.
    2. Count of Blois Theobald V "The Good" de Blois was born in 1127 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France; died in 1190.
    3. Count of Champagne and Brie Henry I "The Liberal" de Blois was born in 1126 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France; died on 17 Mar 1181 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
    4. Count of Sancerre Stephen (Etienne) de Blois was born in 1133 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France; died in 1191 in France.
    5. Cardinal of Rhems William de Blois was born in 1135 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France; died on 7 Sep 1202 in France.
    6. Marie de Champagne was born about 1129 in Champagne, France; died on 17 Aug 1190 in Fonterault, France.

  5. 12.  Baldwin IV "Le Bâtisseur" Count of Hainaut was born in 1108 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium (son of Baldwin, Count of Hainaut III and Yolande von Guelders); died on 8 Nov 1171 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in St. Waldthud Abbey, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium.

    Baldwin married Alix de Namur about 1140 in Namur, Belgium. Alix (daughter of Count of Namur I Godfrey and Countess of Luxembourg Ermisende Luxembourg) was born in 1117 in Namur, Namur, Belgium; died on 31 Jul 1195 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Mons, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Alix de Namur was born in 1117 in Namur, Namur, Belgium (daughter of Count of Namur I Godfrey and Countess of Luxembourg Ermisende Luxembourg); died on 31 Jul 1195 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Mons, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium.
    Children:
    1. 6. Baldwin, Count of Hainaut V was born in 1150 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 17 Dec 1195 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Mons, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium.
    2. Agnes de Hainault was born about 1141 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died in 1173 in Laon, Belgium.

  7. 14.  Duke of Alsace, Count of Flanders III Thierry was born about 1099 in Alsace, France (son of Duke of Alsace-Lorraine II Thierry and Gertrude De Flanders); died on 17 Jan 1167/68.

    III married Sibylla d'Anjou about 1134. Sibylla (daughter of Fulk V "The Younger" d'Anjou, Count of Anjou King of Jerusalem and of Maine Ermengarde de la Fletche) was born in 1112 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died in 1165 in Abbey of St. Lazarus, Bethany, Palastine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Sibylla d'Anjou was born in 1112 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (daughter of Fulk V "The Younger" d'Anjou, Count of Anjou King of Jerusalem and of Maine Ermengarde de la Fletche); died in 1165 in Abbey of St. Lazarus, Bethany, Palastine.
    Children:
    1. Count of Boulogne Matthew d'Alsace was born about 1137 in Flanders, Belgium; died on 25 Jul 1173 in Battle of Driencourt.
    2. 7. of Flanders Marguerite I de Flandre was born in 1135 in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 15 Nov 1194 in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; was buried in Bruges, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
    3. Count of Flanders and Artois Philip "The Great" was born about 1128; died in 1191.


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