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Louis VII 'The Younger' Capet, 1120 – 1180 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 November 1120

Birth Location: Reims, Marne, Champagne, France

Death Date: 18 Sep 1180

Death Location: Saint-Pont, Allier, Auvergne, France

Father: Louis Capet

Mother: Adelaide Maurienne,

Spouse(s): Eleanor House,, Alix Champagne,, Constanza Navarre,

Children(s): Marie France, Philip Capet, Philip Artois,, Marie Capet, Alix Capet, Countess Capet, Alys Capet, Agnès Capet, Marguerite Árpád),, Adèle Ponthieu

Louis VII 'The Younger' Capet, King of Franks, 2nd Crusade was born in 1120 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, the child of Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet and Adelaide de Maurienne,. Louis VII 'The Younger' Capet, King of Franks, 2nd Crusade married Eleanor Eleonora Ramnulfid House,, Alix 'Adele' of Champagne,, Constanza Castile of Navarre,, and had children including Marie of France, Philip Capet, Philip II Auguste "the God-given," Capet Artois,, Marie Capet, Alix Capet, Countess Alix of Blois Capet, Alys Adelaide Capet, Agnès (Anna) Capet, Marguerite 'Margaret of France' Capet ( Árpád),, Adèle Adelaide Alice Capet de Ponthieu. Louis VII 'The Younger' Capet, King of Franks, 2nd Crusade passed away in 1180 in Saint-Pont, Allier, Auvergne, France.

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Biography

  • Louis VII 'The Younger' Capet, King of Franks, 2nd Crusade was born in 1120 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, the child of Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet and Adelaide de Maurienne,.
  • Louis VII 'The Younger' Capet, King of Franks, 2nd Crusade married Eleanor Eleonora Ramnulfid House,, Alix 'Adele' of Champagne,, Constanza Castile of Navarre,, and had children including Marie of France, Philip Capet, Philip II Auguste "the God-given," Capet Artois,, Marie Capet, Alix Capet, Countess Alix of Blois Capet, Alys Adelaide Capet, Agnès (Anna) Capet, Marguerite 'Margaret of France' Capet ( Árpád),, Adèle Adelaide Alice Capet de Ponthieu.
  • Louis VII 'The Younger' Capet, King of Franks, 2nd Crusade passed away in 1180 in Saint-Pont, Allier, Auvergne, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Louis Capet
1081 – 1137
Birth Location: Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Adelaide Maurienne,
1092 – 1154
Birth Location: Maurienne, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
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Spouses(s)

Eleanor House,
1122 – 1204
Birth Location: Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
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Alix Champagne,
1140 – 1206
Birth Location: Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
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Constanza Navarre,
1140 – 1160
Birth Location: Castille, Spain
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Children(s)

Marie France
1145 – 1198
Birth Location: Kingdom of France
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Philip Capet
1160 – 1161
Birth Location: –
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Philip Artois,
1165 – 1223
Birth Location: Gonesse, Franciaország
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Marie Capet
Birth Location: –
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Alix Capet
Birth Location: –
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Countess Capet
1151 – 1197
Birth Location: –
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Alys Capet
1160 – 1218
Birth Location: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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Agnès Capet
1171 – 1220
Birth Location: Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France
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Marguerite Árpád),
1157 – 1197
Birth Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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Adèle Ponthieu
1160 – 1222
Birth Location: France
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Louis Capet,'s Ancestors

Self
Louis Capet,
1120 – 1180
Birth Place: Reims, Marne, Champagne, France
Parents
Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet
1081 – 1137
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Adelaide (de) Maurienne,
1092 – 1154
Maurienne, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
Grandparents
Philip (I 'the Amorous') Capet,
1052 – 1108
Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Berthe (of) Holland,
1054 – 1108
Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Humbert (II the Fat House of) Savoie,
1065 – 1103
Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
Gisela (de Maçon de) Bourgogne
1070 – 1133
Bourgogne, France
Great-Grandparents
Henri Capet,
1008 – 1060
Anna (Киевская),
1036 – 1075
Floris Holland,
1017 – 1061
Gertrud (Sachsen)
1033 – 1113
Amadeo Savoie,
1032 – 1080
Joan Genève
1040 – 1095
William Ivrea,
1020 – 1087
Stephanie Etienette
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Capet,
– 1031
Constance d'Arles
– 1032
Yaroslav Dynasty,
– 1054
Ingigerd Olafsdottir-Astrid,
1001 – 1050
Dirk Frisia,
– 1039
Othelhildis Haldensleben,
– 1044
Bernhard Saxony-Billung,
1000 – 1059
Ellika Schweinfurt,
1005 – 1059
Otto Savoye,
1023 – 1057
Adelaide Susa
1015 – 1091
Renaud House,
– 1057
Adelais Normandy,
1002 – 1038

Louis Capet,'s Descendants

1.
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Louis (VII 'The Younger') Capet, (21 November 1120 – 18 Sep 1180) m. Eleanor (Eleonora Ramnulfid) House, (6 December 1122 – 31 Mar 1204) m. Alix ('Adele' of) Champagne, (1140 – 4 Jun 1206) m. Constanza (Castile of) Navarre, (Abt. 1140 – 4 Oct 1160)
  1. 1. Marie (of) France (1145 – 11 Mar 1198) m. Henri (I House of) Blois, (Dec 1127 – 17 Mar 1181)
    1. 1. Scholastique (de) Champagne (1157 – 1218)
    2. 2. Henry (II de) Champagne (29 July 1166 – 10 September 1197) m. Isabelle (de) Jérusalem (1172 – 5 Apr 1205)
      1. 1. Alix (de) Champagne ( – 1246) m. Hugues (I de) Cyprès (1195 – 10 Jan 1218)
        1. 1. Henri (de) Cyprès (1217 – 1253)
    3. 3. Marie (of) Champagne, (Abt. 1174 – 29 Aug 1204) m. Baldwin (I House of) Flanders, (Jul 1172 – Abt. 1205)
      1. 1. Margaret (II 'The Black' House of) Flanders, (2 Jun 1202 – 10 Feb 1280) m. Bouchard (IV House de) Avesnes, (1182 – 7 Sep 1244) m. Guillaume (II William of) Dampierre, ( – 1216)
        1. 1. Jean (I House) d'Avesnes, (1 May 1218 – 24 Dec 1257) m. Aleide (van) Holland, (Abt 1226 – 9 Apr 1283)
        2. 2. Baldwin (Baudouin de) Avesnes, (Sep 1219 – 10 Apr 1295)
        3. 3. Guy (de) Dampierre, (Abt. 1226 – 7 Mar 1305) m. Matilda (of) Béthune
    4. 4. Theobald (III (Thibault) of) Champagne, (13 May 1179 – 24 May 1201) m. Blanche (de) Navarre (1180 – 12 March 1229)
      1. 1. Theobald (IV Thibaut House of) Blois, (30 May 1201 – 8 Jul 1253) m. Agnes (de) Beaujeu, (1202 – 11 Jul 1231) m. Gertrude (of) Dagsburg m. Margaret (of) Bourbon, (1210 – 12 Apr 1256)
        1. 1. Blanche (of Navarre House of) Blois-Champagne, (Abt 1224 – 11 August 1283) m. Jean (John "le Roux" 'the Red' de) Dreux, (1217 – 8 Oct 1286)
        2. 2. Thibaut (II Theobold House of) Blois, (1238 – 4 Dec 1270) m. Isabella Capet, (2 Mar 1241 – 17 Apr 1271)
        3. 3. Henri (I 'The Fat' House of) Blois, (ABT 1233 – 22 JUL 1274) m. Blanche (de) Artois (1248 – 2 May 1302)
  2. 2. Philip Capet (1160 – 1161)
  3. 3. Philip (II Auguste "the God-given," Capet) Artois, (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223) m. Ingeborg Estridsen, (Abt. 1172 – 29 Jul 1236) m. Isabelle (de) Hainault (1170 – 1190) m. Agnes (Marie von) Andechs-Meranien (1175 – 20 Jul 1201)
    1. 1. Louis (VIII 'The Lion' Capet) Artois, (5 SEP 1187 – 8 NOV 1226) m. Blanca (Alphonsa de) Castilla, (4 Mar 1188 – 27 Nov 1252) m. Margaretha (Matilda von) Brabant, (1200 – 4 Jun 1277)
      1. 1. Blanche (Capet) (d'Artois) (1205 – 1206)
      2. 2. Prince (Philippe) Capet (9 SEP 1209 – ABT 1218)
      3. 3. Jean (Capet) (France) (23 JAN 1212 – 23 JAN 1212)
      4. 4. Unknown (Capet) (d'Artois) (1213 – ABT 1213)
      5. 5. Louis (IX) Capet, (25 Apr 1214 – 25 Aug 1270) m. Margarethe Berenger, (1221 – 21 Dec 1295)
        1. 1. Isabella Capet, (2 Mar 1241 – 17 Apr 1271) m. Thibaut (II Theobold House of) Blois, (1238 – 4 Dec 1270)
        2. 2. Philip (III 'The Bold') Capet, (30 Apr 1245 – 5 Oct 1285) m. Marie (of) Brabant, (13 May 1254 – 12 Jan 1321) m. Isabella (of Aragon House of) Barcelona, (1248 – 28 Jan 1271)
        3. 3. Blanche (of France House of) Capet (1253 – 1320)
        4. 4. Margaret (of France) Capet, (1254 – 1271) m. John (I the Victorious von) Brabant, (Abt. 1252 – 3 May 1294)
        5. 5. Robert Bourbon, (1256 – 1317) m. Beatrice (Erfgename of) Burgundy (Abt 1235 – 1310)
        6. 6. Agnes (Regent De Bourgogne) France (1260 – 19 December 1327)
      6. 6. Robert (I) Artois, (1216 – 1249) m. Matilda (Maud of) Brabant, (14 Jun 1224 – 29 Sep 1288) m. Margaretha (Matilda von) Brabant, (1200 – 4 Jun 1277)
        1. 1. France (B D) Artois (1246 – 2 May 1301)
        2. 2. Blanche (de) Artois (1248 – 2 May 1302) m. Edmund ('Crouchback') Plantagenet, (16 Jan 1245 – 5 Jun 1296) m. Henri (I 'The Fat' House of) Blois, (ABT 1233 – 22 JUL 1274)
        3. 3. Robert (II Artois) (Capet), (Sep 1250 – 11 Jul 1302) m. Amicie (Capetian, House of) Courtenay (1250 – 1275)
        4. 4. Yolande (de) Chatillon (1200 – 1249)
        5. 5. Catherine (de Cayeu Carency) enArtois (1258 – 1 APR 1304)
        6. 6. Hugues (II) Chátillon (9 Apr 1258 – 1303) m. Beatrice (of) Dampierre (1268 – 1307)
        7. 7. Jacques (I Leuze) Chatillon (1259 – 11 JUL 1302) m. Catherine Conde (1245 – 20 MAY 1329)
        8. 8. Beatrix deChatillon (1261 – 1304)
        9. 9. Jeanne deChatillon (1250 – 2 APR 1305)
        10. 10. Navarre Jeanne (1265 – 2 APR 1305)
        11. 11. Mathilde (Countess) Artois ( – 27 OCT 1329)
      7. 7. Alphonse (III de Poitiers) (Capet) (11 NOV 1220 – 21 AUG 1271)
      8. 8. Philippe (Dagobert) Capet (20 FEB 1222 – 1232)
      9. 9. Etienne Capet (1225 – 1226)
      10. 10. Isabelle Artois (March 1225 – 23 FEB 1269)
      11. 11. Charles (I de Anjou) Capet, (21 Mar 1227 – 7 Jan 1285) m. Marguerite (de) Bourgogne (1250 – 1308) m. Beatrice (de Provence House of) Barcelona, (1234 – 23 Sep 1267)
        1. 1. Charles (II de) Anjou, (1 January 1254 – 5 May 1309) m. Marie (Árpád) dynasty, (1257 – 25 Mar 1323)
        2. 2. Elizabeth (House of) Anjou-Sicily, (1261 – 1303) m. Ladislaus (IV 'The Cuman' Árpád) Dynasty, (Aug 1262 – 10 Jul 1290)
    2. 2. Philippe ("Hurepel" Capet) Artois, (1200 – 18 Jan 1234) m. Mahaut (de) Dammartin ( – 1259)
    3. 3. Maria (von) Frankreich (1198 – 20 August 1223) m. Heinrich (I von) Brabant, (1160 – 5 Sep 1235)
      1. 1. Elisabeth (von) Brabant (1217 – 23 OCT 1273) m. Dietrich (von Dinslaken von) Dinslaken (1213 – 24 MAR 1245) m. Gerhard (III. van Limburg von) Wassenberg (1210 – 1 SEP 1254) m. Dietrich (Luf I von) Saarbrücken (1228 – 1277)
        1. 1. Mechteld ((Mathilde) von) Kleve (ABT 1233 – 28 MAR 1304) m. Gerard (III van) Limburg (23 NOV 1223 – 28 FEB 1303)
        2. 2. Elisabeth (von Kleve) (Dinslaken) (1240 – 1283) m. Gerlach (I von) Isenburg-Arenfels (1240 – 1303)
        3. 3. Gersende (van Limburg) Wassenberg
        4. 4. Dirk (Loef von) Kleef
  4. 4. Marie Capet
  5. 5. Alix Capet
  6. 6. Countess (Alix of Blois) Capet (1151 – 1197)
  7. 7. Alys (Adelaide) Capet (4 OCT 1160 – 28 Jul 1218)
  8. 8. Agnès ((Anna)) Capet (1171 – 1220) m. Andronikos (I) Komnenos, (Abt. 1118 – 11 Sep 1185) m. Theodore Branas, m. Alexios (II) Komnenos, (10 Sep 1169 – 24 Sep 1183)
  9. 9. Marguerite ('Margaret of France' Capet () Árpád), (Nov 1157 – Sep 1197) m. Henry ('The Young King') Plantagenet-Angevin, (28 Feb 1155 – 11 Jun 1183) m. Bela (III Árpád) dynasty, (1148 – 23 Apr 1196)
    1. 1. William Plantagenet-Angevin, (19 June 1177 – 22 June 1177)
    2. 2. Andrew ((András) II Árpád) dynasty, (abt 1177 – 21 Sep 1235) m. Beatrice (House) d'Este, (1215 – 8 May 1245) m. Gertrude Andechs-Merania, (1185 – 1213) m. Yolanda (de) Courtenay, (1200 – 1233)
      1. 1. Stephen ('the Posthumous' Árpád) dynasty, (1236 – 10 Apr 1271) m. Tomasina Morosini, (abt. 1250 – 1300)
        1. 1. Andrew (III 'The Venetian' Árpád) dynasty, (Abt. 1265 – 14 Jan 1301) m. Fenenna (Inowrocławska, Księżniczka Kujawska, Királynét a Magyarország Piast) dynasty, (1276 – 1295) m. Agnes, (Királynét a Magyarország, von) Habsburg (18 May 1281 – 10 Jun 1364)
      2. 2. Anna (Maria) Arpad, (1204 – 1237) m. Ivan (II Asen dynasty of) Bulgaria, ( – Jun 1241)
        1. 1. Elena (Asenina Asen dynasty of) Bulgaria, m. Theodore (II Doukas Laskaris) dynasty, (abt. 1222 – 18 Aug 1258)
      3. 3. Béla (Bela IV "the 2nd founder of our country" Árpád) dynasty, (29 Nov 1206 – 3 May 1270) m. Maria (House of Laskaris,) Laskarina, (Abt. 1208 – 24 Jun 1270)
        1. 1. Kunegunda (of Hungary Árpád) Dynasty, (05 Mar 1224 – 24 Jul 1292)
        2. 2. Stephen (V Árpád) dynasty, (8 Oct 1239 – 6 Aug 1272) m. Elizabeth (Cuman) tribe, (1240 – 12 Apr 1275)
      4. 4. Violante (Yolanda of) Hungary, (1215 – 12 Oct 1253) m. James (I the Conqueror House of) Barcelona, (2 Feb 1208 – 27 Jul 1276)
        1. 1. Yolanda ((Violant) of) Aragon, (8 June 1236 – 1301) m. Alfonso (X Ferdinandez of Castile &) León (23 Nov 1221 – 4 April 1284)
        2. 2. Pedro ((Peter) III, House of) Barcelona, (1239 – 2 Nov 1285) m. Constance (Hohenstaufen of) Sicily (1249 – 9 April 1302)
        3. 3. Constanca (de) Aragon (1240 – 1266)
        4. 4. Jaime (II de) Mallorca (31 May 1243 – 1311)
        5. 5. Isabella (of Aragon House of) Barcelona, (1248 – 28 Jan 1271) m. Philip (III 'The Bold') Capet, (30 Apr 1245 – 5 Oct 1285)
        6. 6. Sancho (de) Aragon (1250 – 21 October 1275)
  10. 10. Adèle (Adelaide Alice Capet de) Ponthieu (1160 – 1222) m. Guillaume (II William de) Ponthieu (1179 – 4 Oct 1221)
    1. 1. Marie (of) Ponthieu, (17 Apr 1199 – 21 Sep 1250) m. Mathieu (Matthias de) Montmorency, (About 1210 – 8 Feb 1250) m. Simon (de) Dammartin (1180 – 21 Sep 1239)
      1. 1. Jeanne (de) Dammartin (1220 – 16 Mar 1279)
      2. 2. Maria (van) Dammartin (1224 – 1279)
      3. 3. Philippa (van) Dammartin (1230 – 14 April 1277)
    2. 2. Marie (Bellême) family,

Louis Capet,'s Timeline

2 Records

1120
21 November 1120
Birth of Louis VII 'The Younger' Capet, King of Franks, 2nd Crusade in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France
Reims, Marne, Champagne, France
1180
18 Sep 1180
Age 60
Death of Louis VII 'The Younger' Capet, King of Franks, 2nd Crusade in Saint-Pont, Allier, Auvergne, France
Saint-Pont, Allier, Auvergne, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 November 1120
    Event Place: Reims, Marne, Champagne, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Sep 1180
    Event Place: Saint-Pont, Allier, Auvergne, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Age:
    59-60

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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