Individual Details

Louis IX "the Saint"

(25 Apr 1215 - 25 Aug 1270)

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Louis IX, Roi de France1,2
M, #102382, b. 25 April 1215, d. 25 August 1270
Last Edited=19 Jun 2005
Consanguinity Index=0.62%
Louis IX, Roi de France was born on 25 April 1215 at Poissy, Île-de-France, France.3 He was the son of Louis VIII, Roi de France and Blanca de Castilla.2,3 He married Marguerite de Provence, daughter of Raimond Berengar V, Comte de Provence and Beatrice di Savoia, in 1234.4 He died on 25 August 1270 at age 55 at Tunis, Tunisia.3 He was buried at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
He was a member of the House of Capet.2 Louis IX, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Louis 'the Saint'.2 He succeeded to the title of Roi Louis IX de France in 1226.2
Children of Louis IX, Roi de France and Marguerite de Provence

Blanche de France b. 1240, d. 1243
Isabelle de France b. 1242, d. 1271
Louis de France b. 1243, d. c 1260
Philippe III, Roi de France+2 b. 1 May 1245, d. 5 Oct 1285
Jean de France b. c 1247, d. 1248
Jean Tristan de France, Comte de Valois1 b. 1250, d. 1270
Pierre de France, Comte d'Alençon1 b. 1251, d. 1283
Blanche de France+ b. 1253, d. 1300
Marguerite de France b. c 1255, d. 1271
Robert de France, Comte de Clermont+ b. 1256, d. 1317
Agnes de France+ b. 1260, d. 1327

Citations

[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.
[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] Louda and MacLagan, Lines of Succession, table 45.

Events

Birth25 Apr 1215Poissy, Île-de-France, France
Title (Nobility)1226Roi de France
Death25 Aug 1270Tunis, Tunisia

Families

SpouseMarguerite de Provence (1221 - 1295)
ChildPhilippe III, Roi de France "Coeur de Lion" (1245 - 1285)
FatherLouis VIII, Roi de France "the Lion" (1187 - 1226)
MotherBlanca de Castilla (1183 - 1252)
SiblingRobert I de France (1216 - 1250)