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King of France Louis VIII Capet 1187–1226 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Sep 1187

Birth Location: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Death Date: 8 Nov 1226

Death Location: Château de Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, Kingdom of France

Father: Phillip Augustus

Mother: Isabelle Hainault

Spouse(s): Blanca Castille

Children(s): Robert Capet, Louis Capet, Blanca Capet, Etienne Capet, Philip Capet, Isabelle Capet, Jean Capet, Alphonse Capet, Charles Jerusalem, Philippe France

In 1187, King of France Louis VIII Capet entered the world in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, born to Phillip Ii Augustus And Isabelle De Hainault. King of France Louis VIII Capet married Blanca Alphonsa Of Castille, and had children including Alphonse Iii De Poitiers Count Of Toulouse Capet, Blanca Alphonsa Capet, Charles I Etienne Jerusalem, Etienne Capet, Isabelle Capet, Jean Tristan The Younger Capet, Louis Ix King Capet, Philip Dagobert Capet, Philippe Of France, Robert I Prince Of France Compte D Artois Capet. King of France Louis VIII Capet passed away in 1226 in Château de Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, Kingdom of France.

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Biography

  • In 1187, King of France Louis VIII Capet entered the world in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, born to Phillip Ii Augustus And Isabelle De Hainault.
  • King of France Louis VIII Capet married Blanca Alphonsa Of Castille, and had children including Alphonse Iii De Poitiers Count Of Toulouse Capet, Blanca Alphonsa Capet, Charles I Etienne Jerusalem, Etienne Capet, Isabelle Capet, Jean Tristan The Younger Capet, Louis Ix King Capet, Philip Dagobert Capet, Philippe Of France, Robert I Prince Of France Compte D Artois Capet.
  • King of France Louis VIII Capet passed away in 1226 in Château de Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, Kingdom of France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Phillip Augustus
1165–1223
Birth Location: Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, Ile-de-France, France
PA
Isabelle Hainault
1170–1190
Birth Location: Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
IH

Spouses(s)

Blanca Castille
1188–1253
Birth Location: Valencia, Castile, Spain
BC

Children(s)

Robert Capet
1216–1250
Birth Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
RC
Louis Capet
1215–1270
Birth Location: Poissy, Yvelines, Ile-De-France, France
LC
Blanca Capet
1205–1206
Birth Location: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
BC
Etienne Capet
1225–
Birth Location: Ville, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
EC
Philip Capet
1222–1232
Birth Location: Ville, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
PC
Isabelle Capet
1225–1269
Birth Location: Ville, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
IC
Jean Capet
1219–1232
Birth Location: Ville, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
JC
Alphonse Capet
1220–1271
Birth Location: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
AC
Charles Jerusalem
1226–1285
Birth Location: Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France
CJ
Philippe France
1209–1218
Birth Location: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
PF

King Capet's Ancestors

Self
King Capet
1187–1226
Birth Place: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Parents
Phillip II Augustus
1165–1223
Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, Ile-de-France, France
Isabelle (de) Hainault
1170–1190
Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Grandparents
France (Louis) VII
1119–1180
Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Eleanor (Aquitaine) Plantagenet
1122–1204
Bordeaux/Berlin
Baldwin (V of) Hainaut
1150–1195
Hainault, France
Margaret (I) Flanders
1145–1194
Flanders, France
Great-Grandparents
King VI
1081–1137
Adelaide DeMaurienne
1092–1154
William Aquitaine
1099–1137
Eleanor DeChatellerault
1105–1130
Baldwin Hainaut
1108–1171
Adelaide Namur
1108–1195
Dietrich III
1101–1168
Sibylle Anjou
1115–1165
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King I
1052–1108
Bertha Hainault
1054–1094
Humbert DeMaurienne
1062–1103
Gisela DeBourgogne
1060–1133
Mahaut GGM
1073–1117
Aimery deChatellerault
1070–1151
Dangereuse Bouchard
1080–1151
Baldwin Hainaut
1088–1120
Yolande Guelders
1089–1120
GODFREY NAMUR
1073–1139
Ermesinde
1080–1143
Thierry DAlsace
1055–1115
Hedwige Formbach
1056–1088
Fulk Jerusalem
1092–1143
Ermengarde DuMaine
1073–1126

King Capet's Descendants

1.
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King (of France Louis VIII) Capet (5 Sep 1187–8 Nov 1226) m. Blanca (Alphonsa, of) Castille (23 March 1188–30 Nov 1253)
  1. 1. Robert (I, Prince of France, Compte d'Artois,) Capet 1216–1250 m. Matilda (Mahaut Brabant) Artois 1218–1288
    1. 1. Blanche Capet 1247–1302 m. Henry (I) Blois 1227–1274 m. Edmund (Crouchback 1st Earl of) Lancaster 1244–1296
      1. 1. Johanna (I) VanNavarra 1271–1304 m. Philip (Fair) France 1268–1314
        1. 1. Charles 1316–1378
        2. 2. Charles France 1257–1274
        3. 3. Robert France 1297–1308
        4. 4. Blanche (of) France 1286–1294
        5. 5. Charles France 1295–1328
        6. 6. Isabella DeFrance 1292–1358
        7. 7. Jeanne (France) Capet 1301–1349
        8. 8. Philip (II) Navarre 1293–1321
        9. 9. Louis (X Headstrong) England 1289–1316
        10. 10. Charles (I) Capet 1269–1325
        11. 11. Marguerite France 1288–1312
        12. 12. Isabella (She Wolf Princes) France 1270–1315 m. Roger deMortimer 1287–1330 m. Edward (II England, King of) England 1284–1327
      2. 2. Theobald 1273–1275
      3. 3. Mary Plantagenet 1288–1295
      4. 4. Henry Crouchback 1266–1345
      5. 5. Thomas (- 2nd Earl of Lancaster) Plantagenet 1276–1321
      6. 6. Thomas (Plantagenet nd Earl) Lancaster 1277–1322
      7. 7. Lord (Of) Beaufort 1286–1337
  2. 2. Louis (IX (King) Capet 1215–1270 m. of (Provence) Margaret 1199–1248
    1. 1. Philips (Van) Frankrijk 1245–1285 m. Isabella DeAragon 1247–1271 m. Yolanda Burgundy 1247–1280 m. Mary Brabant 1253–1321
      1. 1. Philip (Fair) France 1268–1314 m. Johanna (I) VanNavarra 1271–1304
      2. 2. Margaret (of France Capet, Queen Consort of) England 1279–1317 m. Edward (Plantagenet) I 1239–1307
        1. 1. Thomas (Plantagenet of) Brotherton 1300–1338
        2. 2. Eleanor Plantagenet 1306–1311
      3. 3. Karel (Capet Graaf van Valois) I 1270–1325 m. Margaretha (van) Anjou-Sicilië 1273–1299 m. Catharina (van) Courtenay 1274–1307
        1. 1. Karel (II van) Valois 1297–1346
        2. 2. Isabella (van) Valois 1292–1309
        3. 3. Margaretha (van) Valois 1295–1342
        4. 4. Filips (VI van) Valois 1293–1350
        5. 5. Johanna (van) Valois 1294–1352
        6. 6. Isabella (van) Valois 1306–1349
        7. 7. Catharina (van) Valois 1303–1346
        8. 8. Johanna (van) Valois 1304–1363
      4. 4. Margaretha (Capet Prinses van) Frankrijk 1280–1317
      5. 5. Philip 1881–
      6. 6. Louis (de) France 1265–1276
      7. 7. Louis (de) Evreux 1276–1319
      8. 8. Blanche (Capet Prinses van) Frankrijk 1285–1305
      9. 9. Robert Capet 1269–1276
      10. 10. Lodewijk Capet 1263–1276
      11. 11. Louis d'Evreux 1276–1319
      12. 12. Margaret 1282–1318
    2. 2. AGNAES (AGNES DECAPET) DEFRANCE 1260–1327
    3. 3. Navarre deFrance 1240–1270
    4. 4. Isabelle Capet 1241–1271
    5. 5. Robert (Capet) Cleremont 1230–
    6. 6. Charles (I) DeAnjou 1236–1285
    7. 7. Henry (IX Normandy France) France 1230–
    8. 8. Jean (Tristan Capet Prince of) France 1250–1270
    9. 9. Marguerite (Duchess Brabant) Capet 1254–1285
    10. 10. Helene Capet 1235–1314
    11. 11. Blanche Capet 1240–1243
  3. 3. Blanca (Alphonsa) Capet 1205–1206
  4. 4. Etienne Capet 1225–
  5. 5. Philip (Dagobert) Capet 1222–1232
  6. 6. Isabelle Capet 1225–1269
  7. 7. Jean (Tristan "the Younger") Capet 1219–1232
  8. 8. Alphonse (III de Poitiers "Count of Toulouse") Capet 1220–1271
  9. 9. Charles (I Etienne) Jerusalem 1226–1285
  10. 10. Philippe (Of) France 1209–1218

King Capet's Timeline

4 Records

1187
03 Sep 1187
Birth of King of France Louis VIII Capet in Ile-de-France, Paris, France
Ile-de-France, Paris, France
1187
5 Sep 1187
Birth of King of France Louis VIII Capet in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
1226
8 Nov 1226
Age 39
Death of King of France Louis VIII Capet in Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
1226
8 Nov 1226
Age 39
Death of King of France Louis VIII Capet in Château de Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, Kingdom of France
Château de Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, Kingdom of France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Nov 1226
    Event Place: Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 03 Sep 1187
    Event Place: Ile-de-France, Paris, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [5] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Nov 1226
    Event Place: Château de Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, Kingdom of France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Sep 1187
    Event Place: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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