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

Birth Date: 5 September 1187

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

Death Date: 8 November 1226

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

Father: Philip France

Mother: Isabelle Hainaut

Spouse(s): Blanche Castile

Children(s): Louis Capet

Louis VIII, KING of France Capet was born in 1187 in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, the child of Philip Ii Of France And Isabelle Of Hainaut. Louis VIII, KING of France Capet married Blanche Of Castile, and had children including Louis Ix Of France Capet. Louis VIII, KING of France Capet passed away in 1226 in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

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Biography

  • Louis VIII, KING of France Capet was born in 1187 in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, the child of Philip Ii Of France And Isabelle Of Hainaut.
  • Louis VIII, KING of France Capet married Blanche Of Castile, and had children including Louis Ix Of France Capet.
  • Louis VIII, KING of France Capet passed away in 1226 in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

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Children(s)

Louis Capet's Ancestors

Self
Louis Capet
1187–1226
Birth Place: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Parents
Philip II of France
1165–1223
Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Isabelle (of) Hainaut
1170–1190
Grandparents
Louis (VII of) France
1119–1180
Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Adele (of) Champagne
1140–1206
Great-Grandparents
Louis France
1081–1137
Adelaide Maurienne
1092–1154
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Philippe France
1052–1108
Bertha Holland
1054–1094
Humbert Fat)
1062–1103
Gisela Bourgogne
1060–1133

Louis Capet's Descendants

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Louis (VIII, KING of France) Capet (5 September 1187–8 November 1226) m. Blanche (of) Castile (23 May 1188–27 November 1252)
  1. 1. Louis (IX of France) Capet 1214–1270 m. Margaret (of) Provence 1221–1295
    1. 1. Phillip (III) Capet 1245–1285 m. Marie (de) Brabant 1256–1321 m. Isabella (of) Aragon 1248–1271
      1. 1. Margaret (of) France 1299–1307 m. Edward (I of) England 1239–1307
        1. 1. Edmund (, 1st Earl of Kent of) Woodstock 1301–1330
      2. 2. Phillip (IV) Capet 1268–1314
      3. 3. Charles (of) Valois 1270–1325 m. Margaret (Countess of) Anjou 1273–1299
        1. 1. Joane (of) Valois 1294–1342 m. Willem (I Count of Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland) DeAvesnes 1286–1337

Louis Capet's Timeline

2 Records

1187
5 September 1187
Birth of Louis VIII, KING of France Capet in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
1226
8 November 1226
Age 39
Death of Louis VIII, KING of France Capet in Chateau Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
Chateau Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 September 1187
    Event Place: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 November 1226
    Event Place: Chateau Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    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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