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King Louis "The Lion" Capet VIII 1187–1226 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 05 Sep 1187

Birth Location: Paris, France

Death Date: 08 Nov 1226

Death Location: Chateau Montpensier, France

Father: King II

Mother: Queen Hainaut

Spouse(s): Queen Castilla

Children(s): unknown Capet, Philip Capet, Alphonse Capet, John Capet, Phillip Capet, Count Capet, Alphonse Capet, Philips Capet, Isabelle Capet, King Capet, Rober Capet, King IX

In 1187, King Louis "The Lion" Capet VIII entered the world in Paris, France, born to King Philip Augustus King Of France Capet Ii And Queen Isabelle Queen Of France Hainaut. King Louis "The Lion" Capet VIII married Queen Blanca Queen Of France Castilla, and had children including Alphonse Twin Capet, Alphonse Capet, Count John Count Of Anjou And Maine Capet, Isabelle Capet, John Twin Capet, King Charles King Of Sicily Capet, King Louis The Saint Capet Ix, Philip Capet, Philips Dagobert Capet, Phillip Capet, Rober Capet, Stephen Capet, Unknown Capet. King Louis "The Lion" Capet VIII passed away in 1226 in Chateau Montpensier, France.

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Biography

  • In 1187, King Louis "The Lion" Capet VIII entered the world in Paris, France, born to King Philip Augustus King Of France Capet Ii And Queen Isabelle Queen Of France Hainaut.
  • King Louis "The Lion" Capet VIII married Queen Blanca Queen Of France Castilla, and had children including Alphonse Twin Capet, Alphonse Capet, Count John Count Of Anjou And Maine Capet, Isabelle Capet, John Twin Capet, King Charles King Of Sicily Capet, King Louis The Saint Capet Ix, Philip Capet, Philips Dagobert Capet, Phillip Capet, Rober Capet, Stephen Capet, Unknown Capet.
  • King Louis "The Lion" Capet VIII passed away in 1226 in Chateau Montpensier, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

King II
1165–1223
Birth Location: Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
KI
Queen Hainaut
1170–1190
Birth Location: Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
QH

Spouses(s)

Queen Castilla
1188–1252
Birth Location: Chateau De Palencia, Valencia, Valencia, Pais Valenciano, Spain
QC

Children(s)

unknown Capet
1205–1205
Birth Location: –
uC
Philip Capet
1209–
Birth Location: –
PC
Alphonse Capet
1213–1213
Birth Location: Lorrez-le-Bocage, France
AC
John Capet
1213–1213
Birth Location: Lorrez-le-Bocage, France
JC
Phillip Capet
1218–1220
Birth Location: –
PC
Count Capet
1219–1232
Birth Location: –
CC
Alphonse Capet
1220–1271
Birth Location: –
AC
Philips Capet
1222–1232
Birth Location: –
PC
Isabelle Capet
1224–1270
Birth Location: –
IC
King Capet
1227–1285
Birth Location: Paris, Paris, Ile-De-France, France
KC
Rober Capet
1216–1250
Birth Location: Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
RC
King IX
1214–1270
Birth Location: Chateau De Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France
KI

King VIII's Ancestors

Self
King VIII
1187–1226
Birth Place: Paris, France
Parents
King Philip Augustus " King of France" Capet II
1165–1223
Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
Queen (Isabelle "Queen of France") Hainaut
1170–1190
Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Grandparents
King (Louis "the Young" Capet) VII
1120–1180
France
Queen (Adela de) Champagne
1140–1206
Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
Baldwin (Hainaut) V
1150–1195
Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Marguerite (de) Flandre
1140–1194
Alsace,German
Great-Grandparents
King VI
1081–1137
Queen Savoy
1092–1154
Thibault Blois)
1090–1152
Mathilde Sponheim
1097–1160
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King I
1053–1108
Queen Gerulfing
1055–1094
Humbert Maurienne
1060–1097
Gisela Bourgogne
1060–1097

King VIII's Descendants

1.
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King (Louis "The Lion" Capet) VIII (05 Sep 1187–08 Nov 1226) m. Queen (Blanca "Queen of France") Castilla (04 Mar 1188–27 Nov 1252)
  1. 1. unknown Capet 1205–1205
  2. 2. Philip Capet 1209–
  3. 3. Alphonse ((Twin)) Capet 1213–1213
  4. 4. John (( Twin)) Capet 1213–1213
  5. 5. Phillip Capet 1218–1220
  6. 6. Count (John (Count of Anjou and Maine)) Capet 1219–1232
  7. 7. Alphonse Capet 1220–1271
  8. 8. Philips (Dagobert) Capet 1222–1232
  9. 9. Isabelle Capet 1224–1270
  10. 10. King (Charles "King of Sicily") Capet 1227–1285 m. Queen (Béatrice de) Provence 1234–1267
    1. 1. Latin (Empress Beatrice of Constantinople) Capet 1249–1269
    2. 2. Blanche Capet 1250–1270
    3. 3. King (Pilippe "King of Thessalonica") Capet 1256–1277
    4. 4. Robert Capet 1258–1265
    5. 5. Isabelle Capet 1261–1303
    6. 6. King (Charles "the Lame""King of Naples" Anjou-Naples) II 1254–1309 m. Queen (Mary of Hungary"Queen of Naples") Árpád 1257–1323
      1. 1. Princess (Margaret, "Countess of Anjou") Anjou 1273–1299 m. Prince (Charles Valois) (Capet) 1270–1325
        1. 1. Jeanne (" Countess of Hainaut" de) Valois 1294–1342 m. William ("Count of Hainaut" d’Avesnes) I 1286–1337
        2. 2. Philip (Valois) VI 1293–1350 m. Joan ("the Lame") Burgundy 1293–1349 m. Queen (Blanche "of Navarre, Queen of France") Évreux 1331–1398
  11. 11. Rober Capet 1216–1250 m. Matilda (van) Brabant 1224–1288
    1. 1. Blanche (de) Artois 1248–1302 m. Edmund (Crouchback) Plantagenet 1245–1296 m. King (Henry " King of Navarre" " House of Blois" Blois) I 1238–1274
      1. 1. Henry ("3rd Earl of Lancaster") Plantagenet 1281–1345 m. Maud (De) Chaworth 1282–1322
        1. 1. Isabel Plantagenet 1308–1347
        2. 2. Maud Plantagenet 1310–1377 m. William ("3rd Earl of Ulster" de) Burgh 1312–1333
        3. 3. Mary Plantagenet 1320–1362 m. Sir (Henry) Percy 1320–1368
        4. 4. Blanche Plantagenet 1305–1380 m. Thomas Wake 1297–1349
        5. 5. Sir (Henry) Plantagenet 1300–1360 m. Isabel (de) Beaumont 1315–1361
        6. 6. Joan Plantagenet 1312–1349 m. John (de) Mowbray 1310–1361
        7. 7. Eleanor Plantagenet 1318–1371 m. Lord (John) Beaumont 1317–1342 m. Richard (‘Copped Hat’) Fitzalan 1313–1376
      2. 2. Thomas ((2nd Earl of Lancaster and Leicester)) Plantagene 1278–1322 m. Alice ("Countess of Lincoln" de) Lacy 1281–1348
      3. 3. John (' Of Lancaster") Plantagene 1286–1317
      4. 4. Queen (Joan "Princess de Albret Navarre" " Queen of France" Blois, " House of) Blois" 1273–1305 m. King (Philippe "the Fair Thr Iron King" Capet) IV 1268–1314
        1. 1. Marguerite (Hardi) Capet 1282–1316
        2. 2. King (Louis X " The Quarreller" FRANCE) X 1289–1316
        3. 3. Isabella (She wolf PRINCES) FRANCE 1270–1315
        4. 4. Blanche Capet 1290–1294
        5. 5. Robert Capet 1297–1308
        6. 6. King (Charles " King of France" Capet) IV 1294–1328 m. Queen (Blanche of Burgundy) Ivrea 1296–1326 m. Queen (Joan of Évreux) Évreux 1310–1371 m. Queen (Marie of Luxembourg Queen of France) Luxembourg 1304–1324
        7. 7. Isabella (Capet De) Artois 1292–1358 m. Edward (II King of England) Plantagenet 1284–1327
    2. 2. Robert (d'Artois) II 1250–1302
  12. 12. King (Louis "the Saint" Capet) IX 1214–1270 m. Marguerite (of Provence De Provenza Queen of) France 1221–1295
    1. 1. Louis (de France) Capet 1243–1260
    2. 2. Jean (Tristan "Prince de France") Capet 1250–1270
    3. 3. Jean (de France) Capet 1248–1248
    4. 4. Blanche (de France) Capet 1240–1243
    5. 5. Agnes (" Duchess of Burgundy") Capet 1260–1325 m. Duke (Robert) Burgundy 1248–1306
      1. 1. Hugh (" Duke of Burgundy" Burgundy) V 1294–1315
      2. 2. Blanche (of Burgundy "Countess of Savoy") Burgundy 1288–1348
      3. 3. Queen (Margaret of Burgundy "Queen of France") Burgundy 1290–1315
      4. 4. Joan (the Lame) Burgundy 1293–1349
      5. 5. Ode (Duke of Burgundy Burgundy) IV 1295–1349
    6. 6. Marguerite ("Duchess of Brabant") Capet 1254–1285 m. John ("Duke of Brabant") Reginar 1253–1294
      1. 1. Godfrey Reginar 1273–1283
      2. 2. John (Reginar) II 1275–1312
      3. 3. Margaret (of Brabant) Reginar 1276–1311
      4. 4. Marie Reginar –1338
    7. 7. Robert (" Count of Clermont") Capet 1256–1317 m. Beatice (" Lady of Bourbon") Burgundy 1257–1310
      1. 1. Louis (I le Boiteux, duc de Bourbon de) Clermont 1279–1342 m. Marie d'Avesnes 1280–1354
        1. 1. Queen (Beatrice "Queen of Bohemia") Bourbon 1320–1383 m. King (Johann "King of Bohemia" von) Luxembourg 1296–1346
        2. 2. Pierre (de Bourbon) I 1311–1356
        3. 3. Jeanne (de) Bourbon 1312–1402
        4. 4. Marguerite (de) Bourbon 1313–1362
        5. 5. Jacques (de Bourbon) I 1321–1361 m. Jeanne (de) Chatillon 1320–1371
        6. 6. Philippa (de) Bourbon 1325–1327
        7. 7. Jacques (de) Bourbon 1318–1318
      2. 2. Jean (de) Clermont 1280–
      3. 3. Pierre (de) Clermont 1298–1341
      4. 4. Marie (de) Clermont 1285–1372
      5. 5. Marguerite (de) Clermont 1285–1309
      6. 6. Blanche (de) Clermont 1281–1304
    8. 8. Queen (Isabelle ( Queen of Navarre)) Capet 1241–1271 m. King (Theobald ( King of Navarre) Blois) II 1239–1270
    9. 9. Peter (\ Pierre " Count of Alencon") Capet 1251–1284 m. Jeanne (\Joan " Countess of Blois" de) Blois 1253–1291
      1. 1. Louis (de France) Capet 1272–1273
      2. 2. Philippe (de France) Capet 1273–1274
    10. 10. Blanche (de France) Capet 1253–1323 m. Ferdinand (de la Cerda) Castile 1255–1275
      1. 1. Alfonso (de la Cerda) Castile 1270–1333
      2. 2. Fernando (de la Cerda) Castile 1275–1332
    11. 11. King (Philip ( King of France) De Capet) III 1245–1285 m. Isabelle (Princess of) Aragon 1248–1271 m. Queen (Marie "Reine de France") Brabant 1254–1321
      1. 1. Philippe (IV Le Bel de France) Roy 1268–1314
      2. 2. Louis (de) France 1276–1319
      3. 3. Karel (van Valois) I 1270–1325
      4. 4. Prince (Charles Valois) (Capet) 1270–1325 m. Princess (Margaret, "Countess of Anjou") Anjou 1273–1299
      5. 5. Queen (Marguerite (reine consort d'Angleterre) de France) Capet 1279–1317 m. Edward (Plantagenet King of England) I 1239–1307
        1. 1. Princess (Eleanor) Plantagenet 1306–1311
        2. 2. Prince (Edmund " of Woodstock" "Earl of Kent") Plantagenet 1301–1330 m. Margaret ("3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell") Wake 1297–1349
        3. 3. Thomas ("of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk") Plantagenet 1300–1338 m. Alice (de Hales Countess Of) Norfolk 1304–1326 m. Mary (de) Brewes –1362
      6. 6. King (Philippe "the Fair Thr Iron King" Capet) IV 1268–1314 m. Queen (Joan "Princess de Albret Navarre" " Queen of France" Blois, " House of) Blois" 1273–1305

King VIII's Timeline

2 Records

1187
05 Sep 1187
Birth of King Louis "The Lion" Capet VIII in Paris, France
Paris, France
1226
08 Nov 1226
Age 39
Death of King Louis "The Lion" Capet VIII in Chateau Montpensier, France
Chateau Montpensier, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 05 Sep 1187
    Event Place: Paris, France

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Nov 1226
    Event Place: Chateau Montpensier, France
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