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

Birth Date: 5 Sep 1187

Birth Location: France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France

Death Date: 8 Nov 1226

Death Location: Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France

Father: King Capet

Mother: Isabelle Hainault

Spouse(s): Blanche Castile

Children(s): King (Capet), Robert ~

King of France, Louis VIII Capet was born in 1187 in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France, the child of King Of France Philippe Ii Capet And Isabelle De Hainault. King of France, Louis VIII Capet married Blanche Alphonsa Castile, and had children including King Of France Louis Ix Capet, Robert I The Good Count Of Artois. King of France, Louis VIII Capet passed away in 1226 in Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France.

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Biography

  • King of France, Louis VIII Capet was born in 1187 in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France, the child of King Of France Philippe Ii Capet And Isabelle De Hainault.
  • King of France, Louis VIII Capet married Blanche Alphonsa Castile, and had children including King Of France Louis Ix Capet, Robert I The Good Count Of Artois.
  • King of France, Louis VIII Capet passed away in 1226 in Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France.

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King Capet's Ancestors

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King Capet
1187–1226
Birth Place: France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France
Parents
King of France Philippe II Capet
1165–1223
Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, Ile-de-France, France
Isabelle (de) Hainault
1170–1190
Valenciennes, Hainault, Belgium
Grandparents
Baudouin (Hainaut V) Flanders
1150–1195
Hainaut, Belgium
Marguerite (de) Lorraine
1155–1194
Alsace, Lorraine, France
Great-Grandparents
Baudouin Hainaut-Hainault
1108–1171
Alix Namur
1117–1195
2nd-Great-Grandparents

King Capet's Descendants

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King (of France, Louis VIII) Capet (5 Sep 1187–8 Nov 1226) m. Blanche (Alphonsa) Castile (4 Mar 1188–27 Nov 1252)
  1. 1. King (of France Louis IX) (Capet) 1215–1270 m. Marguerite (de) Provence 1221–1295
    1. 1. Philip (III "the Bold" King of) France 1245–1285 m. Marie, (Queen Consort of France, de) Brabant 1254–1321
      1. 1. Margaret (of) France 1279–1318 m. Edward (I Longshanks) Plantagenet 1239–1307
        1. 1. Thomas (Plantagenet Prince of England Earl of) Norfolk 1300–1338 m. Alice (de) Hales 1300–1326
        2. 2. Edmund (of Woodstock, 1st Earl of) Kent 1301–1330
  2. 2. Robert (I "the Good" Count of Artois) ~ 1216–1250 m. Mahaut (Maud Matilda Lorraine of) Brabant 1224–1288
    1. 1. Blanche Artois 1248–1302 m. Edmund ("Crouchback" Prince of England) Plantagenet 1244–1296
      1. 1. Henry (Plantagenet Earl of) Lancaster 1281–1345 m. Maud DeChaworth 1282–1322
        1. 1. Lady (Eleanor de Lancaster) Plantagenet 1311–1372 m. Richard ((The Earl of Arundel) Fitz) Alan 1306–1375 m. Sir (John Buchan de) Beaumont 1318–1342
        2. 2. Joan Plantagenet 1306–1349 m. John ((3rd Lord) de) Mowbray 1310–1361

King Capet's Timeline

2 Records

1187
5 Sep 1187
Birth of King of France, Louis VIII Capet in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France
France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, 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

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Sep 1187
    Event Place: France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [3] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The royal lineage of the Hamlins : being the branch of the Hamlin family descended through Mary Dun
    [4] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Nov 1226
    Event Place: Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [3] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The royal lineage of the Hamlins : being the branch of the Hamlin family descended through Mary Dun
    [4] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

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