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Louis VIII, Roi de France "the Lion"
(5 Sep 1187 - 8 Nov 1226)
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Louis VIII, Roi de France1
M, #102383, b. 5 September 1187, d. 8 November 1226
Last Edited=19 Jun 2005
Consanguinity Index=0.47%
Louis VIII, Roi de France was born on 5 September 1187 at Paris, France.2 He was the son of Philippe II Auguste Capet, Roi de France and Isabelle de Hainaut.2 He married Blanca de Castilla, daughter of Alfonso VIII, Rey de Castilla and Eleanor Plantagenet, on 23 May 1200 at Normandy, France.2 He died on 8 November 1226 at age 39 at Auvergne, France.2 He was buried at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
He was a member of the House of Capet.1 Louis VIII, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Louis VIII 'the Lion'.1 He succeeded to the title of Roi Louis VIII de France in 1223.1
Children of Louis VIII, Roi de France and Blanca de Castilla
Philippe de France b. 1209, d. 1218
Louis IX, Roi de France+1 b. 25 Apr 1215, d. 25 Aug 1270
Robert I de France, Comte d'Artois+ b. Sep 1216, d. 9 Feb 1250
Philippe de France b. c 1218, d. 1220
Jean de France, Comte d'Anjou et Maine3 b. 1219, d. c 1226
Alphonse III de Poitiers, Comte de Toulouse b. 1220, d. 1271
Philippe de France b. 1222, d. 1232
Isabelle de France b. 1224, d. 1269
Charles I Stephen d'Anjou, King of Naples and Sicily+ b. Mar 1226, d. 7 Jan 1285
Citations
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 77. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
[S45] Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, volume I (1941; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), page 64. Hereinafter cited as Pedigrees of Emperor Charlemagne, I.
[S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 64. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
Louis VIII, Roi de France1
M, #102383, b. 5 September 1187, d. 8 November 1226
Last Edited=19 Jun 2005
Consanguinity Index=0.47%
Louis VIII, Roi de France was born on 5 September 1187 at Paris, France.2 He was the son of Philippe II Auguste Capet, Roi de France and Isabelle de Hainaut.2 He married Blanca de Castilla, daughter of Alfonso VIII, Rey de Castilla and Eleanor Plantagenet, on 23 May 1200 at Normandy, France.2 He died on 8 November 1226 at age 39 at Auvergne, France.2 He was buried at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
He was a member of the House of Capet.1 Louis VIII, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Louis VIII 'the Lion'.1 He succeeded to the title of Roi Louis VIII de France in 1223.1
Children of Louis VIII, Roi de France and Blanca de Castilla
Philippe de France b. 1209, d. 1218
Louis IX, Roi de France+1 b. 25 Apr 1215, d. 25 Aug 1270
Robert I de France, Comte d'Artois+ b. Sep 1216, d. 9 Feb 1250
Philippe de France b. c 1218, d. 1220
Jean de France, Comte d'Anjou et Maine3 b. 1219, d. c 1226
Alphonse III de Poitiers, Comte de Toulouse b. 1220, d. 1271
Philippe de France b. 1222, d. 1232
Isabelle de France b. 1224, d. 1269
Charles I Stephen d'Anjou, King of Naples and Sicily+ b. Mar 1226, d. 7 Jan 1285
Citations
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 77. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
[S45] Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, volume I (1941; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), page 64. Hereinafter cited as Pedigrees of Emperor Charlemagne, I.
[S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 64. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
Events
| Birth | 5 Sep 1187 | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | 1223 | Roi de France | |||
| Death | 8 Nov 1226 |
Families
| Spouse | Blanca de Castilla (1183 - 1252) |
| Child | Robert I de France (1216 - 1250) |
| Child | Louis IX "the Saint" (1215 - 1270) |
| Father | Philippe II Auguste Capet (1165 - 1223) |
| Mother | Isabelle de Hainaut (1170 - 1190) |