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Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet King 1081–1137 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Dec 1081

Birth Location: Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Death Date: 8 Aug 1137

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

Father: Philip Franks

Mother: Berthe Franks

Spouse(s): Adelaide Savoy, Marie mistress

Children(s): Louis Crusade, Henry Reims, Philip Franks, Robert Damascus, Constance daughter, Isabelle Capet

In 1081, Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet King entered the world in Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France, born to Philip I The Amorous Capet King Of The Franks And Berthe Of Holland Queen Consort Of The Franks. Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet King married Adelaide De Maurienne Queen Consort Of The Franks Comtesse De Savoy, Lucienne De Rochefort French Crown Princess 1St Wife The Marriage Was Annulled On 23 May 1107 At The Council Of Troyes By Pope Paschal Ii, Marie De Breuillet Mistress, and had children including Constance House Of Capet Countess Of Toulouse Only Daughter, Henry Capet Archbishop Of Reims, Isabelle Capet, Louis Vii The Younger Capet King Of Franks 2Nd Crusade, Philip Capet King Of Franks, Robert I Capet Count De Dreux 2Nd Crusade At The Siege Of Damascus. Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet King passed away in 1137 in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

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  • In 1081, Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet King entered the world in Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France, born to Philip I The Amorous Capet King Of The Franks And Berthe Of Holland Queen Consort Of The Franks.
  • Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet King married Adelaide De Maurienne Queen Consort Of The Franks Comtesse De Savoy, Lucienne De Rochefort French Crown Princess 1St Wife The Marriage Was Annulled On 23 May 1107 At The Council Of Troyes By Pope Paschal Ii, Marie De Breuillet Mistress, and had children including Constance House Of Capet Countess Of Toulouse Only Daughter, Henry Capet Archbishop Of Reims, Isabelle Capet, Louis Vii The Younger Capet King Of Franks 2Nd Crusade, Philip Capet King Of Franks, Robert I Capet Count De Dreux 2Nd Crusade At The Siege Of Damascus.
  • Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet King passed away in 1137 in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Philip Franks
1052–1108
Birth Location: Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
PF
Berthe Franks
1054–1108
Birth Location: Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
BF

Spouses(s)

Adelaide Savoy
1092–1154
Birth Location: Maurienne, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
AS
Marie mistress
1086–1137
Birth Location: Rochefort, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
Mm

Children(s)

Louis Crusade
1120–1180
Birth Location: Reims, Marne, Champagne, France
LC
Henry Reims
1121–1175
Birth Location: Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
HR
Philip Franks
1116–1131
Birth Location: Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
PF
Robert Damascus
1123–1184
Birth Location: Reims, Departement de la Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
RD
Constance daughter
1124–1176
Birth Location: France
Cd
Isabelle Capet
1105–1175
Birth Location: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
IC

Louis King's Ancestors

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Louis King
1081–1137
Birth Place: Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Parents
Philip I 'the Amorous' Capet, King of the Franks
1052–1108
Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Berthe (of Holland, Queen consort of the) Franks
1054–1108
Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Grandparents
Henri (I House of Capet, King of the) Franks
1008–1060
Muelan, Paris, Orleannais, West Francia (now Ile-de-France), France
Anna (Agnes Yaroslavna Rurik Dynasty of Kiev (Киевская), Queen consort of the Franks, Grand) Duchess
1036–1075
Kiev, Ukraine, Russia
Floris (I of Holland, of West) Frisia
1017–1061
Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Geertruida (van) Saksen
1033–1113
Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Robert Franks
–1031
Constance Toulouse
–1032
Yaroslav (Kiev)
–1054
Ingigerd Duchess
1001–1050
Dirk Friesland
–1039
Othelhildis Holland
–1044
Bernhard Saxony
1000–1059
Ellika Saxony
1005–1059
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hugues Franks
Adelais Consort
–1006
William monk
Adelais Anjou
–1026
Vladimir Kiev
–1015
Princess Rus
–1002
Olof Sweden
–1020
Estrid Sweden
–1035
Arnulf Holland
Liutgard Holland
–1005
Bernard Saxony
–1011
Hildegarde Stade
–1011

Louis King's Descendants

1.
LK
Louis (VI 'The Fat' Capet) King (1 Dec 1081–8 Aug 1137) m. Adelaide (de Maurienne, Queen consort of the Franks, Comtesse de) Savoy (18 Nov 1092–18 Nov 1154) m. Marie (de Breuillet,) mistress (1086–1137)
  1. 1. Louis (VII 'The Younger' Capet, King of Franks, 2nd) Crusade 1120–1180 m. Eleanor (of Aquitaine Queen of) England 1122–1204 m. Alix ('Adele' of Champagne, Queen consort of) France 1140–1206 m. Constanza (Castile of Navarre, Queen of) France 1140–1160
    1. 1. Philippe (II von) Frankreich 1165–1223 m. Ingeborg (Estridsen, Danish princess, Queen of France (although never) crowned) 1172–1236 m. Agnes (Marie von Andechs-Meranien (3rd) wife) 1175–1201 m. Isabelle (de) Hainault 1170–1190
      1. 1. Louis (VIII 'The Lion' Capet King of) France 1187–1226 m. Margaretha (Matilda von Brabant, Countess of) Holland 1200–1277 m. Blanca (Alphonsa de Castilla, reina consorte de) Francia 1188–1252
        1. 1. Robert (I Artois, 1st Count, 7th) Crusade 1216–1249 m. Matilda (Maud of Brabant,) Gravin 1224–1288 m. Margaretha (Matilda von Brabant, Countess of) Holland 1200–1277
        2. 2. Prince (Philippe) Capet 1209–1218
        3. 3. Jean (Capet) (France) 1212–1212
        4. 4. Alphonse (III de Poitiers) (Capet) 1220–1271
        5. 5. Philippe (Dagobert) Capet 1222–1232
        6. 6. Isabelle Artois 1225–1269
        7. 7. Etienne Capet 1225–1226
        8. 8. Charles (I de Anjou Capet, Count of Anjou & Maine; King of Naples and Sicily, King of Jerusalem and) Albania 1227–1285 m. Beatrice (de Provence House of Barcelona, Reine consort de) Sicile 1234–1267 m. Marguerite (de) Bourgogne 1250–1308
        9. 9. Blanche (Capet) (d'Artois) 1205–1206
        10. 10. Unknown (Capet) (d'Artois) 1213–1213
        11. 11. Louis (IX Capet, King of France, 8th) Crusade 1214–1270 m. Margarethe (Berenger, Countess of) Provence 1221–1295
      2. 2. Maria (von) Frankreich 1198–1223 m. Heinrich (I von Brabant, Duke of Brabant &) Lothier 1160–1235
        1. 1. Elisabeth (von) Brabant 1217–1273 m. Dietrich (von Dinslaken von) Dinslaken 1213–1245 m. Gerhard (III. van Limburg von) Wassenberg 1210–1254 m. Dietrich (Luf I von) Saarbrücken 1228–1277
      3. 3. Philippe ("Hurepel" Capet) Artois, 1200–1234 m. Mahaut (de) Dammartin –1259
    2. 2. Countess (Alix of Blois) Capet 1151–1197
    3. 3. Marguerite ('Margaret of France' Capet ( Árpád), Queen of England and) Hungary 1157–1197 m. Henry ('The Young King' Plantagenet-Angevin, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou & Maine, raised a revolt against his) father 1155–1183 m. Bela (III Árpád dynasty, King of Hungary & Croatia, DNA match per) MyTrueAncestry.com 1148–1196
      1. 1. Andrew ((András) II Árpád dynasty, King of Hungary & Croatia, 5th) Crusade 1177–1235 m. Yolanda (de Courtenay, Queen of) Hungary 1200–1233 m. Gertrude (Andechs-Merania, Queen of) Hungary 1185–1213 m. Beatrice (House d'Este, Queen consort of Hungary, 3rd) wife 1215–1245
        1. 1. Violante (Yolanda of Hungary, Queen Consort of) Aragon 1215–1253 m. James (I the Conqueror House of Barcelona, King of) Aragon 1208–1276
        2. 2. Stephen ('the Posthumous' Árpád dynasty, regarded as bastard son of infidelity by his much older) half-brothers 1236–1271 m. Tomasina (Morosini, of Venice, Duchess of Slavonia, Queen consort of) Hungary 1250–1300
        3. 3. Béla (Bela IV "the 2nd founder of our country" Árpád dynasty, King of Hungary & Croatia; reformed army to defeat 2nd Mongolian) invasion 1206–1270 m. Maria (House of Laskaris, Laskarina, Queen consort of) Hungary 1208–1270
        4. 4. Anna (Maria Arpad, Empress consort of) Bulgaria 1204–1237 m. Ivan (II Asen dynasty of Bulgaria, Tsar of) Bulgaria –1241
      2. 2. William Plantagenet-Angevin, 1177–1177
    4. 4. Alys (Adelaide) Capet 1160–1218
    5. 5. Agnès ((Anna) Capet of the Franks, Byzantine) Empress 1171–1220 m. Alexios (II) Komnenos, 1169–1183 m. Andronikos (I Komnenos, Emperor, a nephew of John II by his brother Isaac. A general imprisoned for conspiring against John) II 1118–1185
    6. 6. Philip Capet 1160–1161
    7. 7. Marie (of France Princess, Countess) consort 1145–1198 m. Henri (I House of Blois, Count of) Champagne 1127–1181
      1. 1. Theobald (III (Thibault) of Champagne, Count, 4th) Crusade 1179–1201 m. Blanca (Sancha de Navarre, Regent) of 1180–1229
        1. 1. Theobald (IV Thibaut House of Blois, King of) Navarra 1201–1253 m. Margaret (of Bourbon, Countess of Champagne; Queen of) Navarre 1210–1256 m. Agnes (de Beaujeu, Countess of) Champagne 1202–1231
      2. 2. Henry (II de) Champagne 1166–1197 m. Isabelle (de) Jérusalem 1172–1205
        1. 1. Alix (de) Champagne –1218 m. Hugues (I de) Cyprès 1195–1218
      3. 3. Scholastique (de) Champagne 1157–1218
      4. 4. Marie (of Champagne, first Latin Empress of) Constantinople 1174–1204 m. Baldwin (I House of Flanders, 1st Latin Emperor of Constantinople, Count of Flanders and Hainaut, 4th) Crusade 1172–1205
        1. 1. Margaret (II 'The Black' House of Flanders, Countess of Flanders and) Hainaut 1202–1280 m. Guillaume (II William of Dampierre, Lord) of –1216 m. Bouchard (IV House de Avesnes, Bailiff of) Hainaut 1182–1244
    8. 8. Alys (Capet, Countess of the) Vexin 1160–1222 m. William (IV Bellême family, Count of) Ponthieu 1179–1221
      1. 1. Marie (of Ponthieu, Countess of Ponthieu, Countess of) Montreuil 1199–1250 m. Mathieu (Matthias de Montmorency, Seigneur d'Attichy, 7th) Crusade 1210–1250 m. Simon (de) Dammartin 1180–1239
        1. 1. Jeanne (de) Dammartin 1220–1279
        2. 2. Maria (van) Dammartin 1224–1279
        3. 3. Philippa (van) Dammartin 1230–1277
  2. 2. Henry (Capet, Archbishop of) Reims 1121–1175
  3. 3. Philip (Capet, King of) Franks 1116–1131
  4. 4. Robert (I Capet, Count de Dreux, 2nd Crusade: at the Siege of) Damascus 1123–1184 m. Agnés (de Braine de Baudemont, Comtesse de) Braine 1115–1204 m. Hawise (d'Evreux of) Salisbury 1118–1170
    1. 1. Robert (II de Dreux, Count of Dreux and Braine, Third Crusade, at the Siege of Acre & the Battle of) Arsuf 1153–1219 m. Yolande (de) Coucy 1164–1222
      1. 1. Philippa (de Dreux, Lady of) Torcy-En-Brie 1192–1242 m. Henry (II House of Montbéliard, Count of Bar, Barons' Crusade of) 1239 1190–1239
        1. 1. Theobald (II House of Bar, Count of) Bar 1221–1291
      2. 2. Pierre (Mauclerc de Dreux, Duke of) Brittany 1191–1250 m. Alix (De) Thouars 1201–1221
        1. 1. Jean (John "le Roux" 'the Red' de Dreux, Duke of) Brittany 1217–1286 m. Blanche (de) Champagne 1224–1283
        2. 2. Olivier (II de) Machecoul 1230–1279
      3. 3. Alix (de) Vienne –1258
      4. 4. Eleanor (de) Dreux 1188–1242 m. Robert (de St. Clair, Scoto-Norman, 1st Lord of) Roslyn 1190–1248
        1. 1. 1230–1297 m. Amicia (de) Roskelyn 1237– m. Matilda ((Maud) Magnusdatter of) Orkney 1246–1297
      5. 5. Jeanne (de) Dreux 1199–1275
    2. 2. Alix (II de) Dreux 1156–1217
    3. 3. Henri (de Dreux, Évêque) d'Orleans 1155–1199
    4. 4. Isabelle ((Isabeau) de) Dreux 1160–1239
    5. 5. Adéle (de Dreux de Châtillon, de) Nesle 1145–1210 m. Ralph (III (Raoul) de Nesle, Count of Soissons, 3rd Crusade) 1189-1192 1150–1235
      1. 1. Gertrude (of Soissons de) Nesle 1184–1220 m. Matthieu (II 'the Great' de Montmorency, Lord of, Constable of) France 1174–1230
        1. 1. Bouchard (VI de Montmorency, Lord of Montmorency, Baron) Montmorency 1203–1243
        2. 2. Gertrude (de) Montmorency –1256
        3. 3. Mathieu (Matthias de Montmorency, Seigneur d'Attichy, 7th) Crusade 1210–1250 m. Marie (of Ponthieu, Countess of Ponthieu, Countess of) Montreuil 1199–1250
        4. 4. Jean (de Montmorency, Lord of) Rossy –1226
    6. 6. Marguerite (de) Dreux 1167–1167
    7. 7. Massilie (Beatrix de) Dreux 1166–1200
    8. 8. Jean (de) Dreux 1164–1189
    9. 9. Pierre (de) Dreux 1161–1185
    10. 10. Jean (I de) Dreux 1164–1208
    11. 11. Philippe (de Dreux, Évêque de) Beauvais 1158–1217
    12. 12. Simon (Capet, lord of La) Noue 1141–1182
  5. 5. Constance (House of Capet, Countess of Toulouse, only) daughter 1124–1176
  6. 6. Isabelle Capet 1105–1175 m. Guillaume (I de) Chaumont 1091–1175
    1. 1. Osmond (de) Chaumont 1117–1137
      1. 1. Robert (ll de) Chaumont 1134–1174 m. Richilde Sinclair 1135–
        1. 1. Robert (de St. Clair, Scoto-Norman, 1st Lord of) Roslyn 1190–1248 m. Eleanor (de) Dreux 1188–1242

Louis King's Timeline

2 Records

1081
1 Dec 1081
Birth of Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet King in Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
1137
8 Aug 1137
Age 56
Death of Louis VI 'The Fat' Capet King in Castle of Béthisy-Saint-Pierre, near Senlis and Compiègne, France
Castle of Béthisy-Saint-Pierre, near Senlis and Compiègne, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Dec 1081
    Event Place: Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] 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 Aug 1137
    Event Place: Castle of Béthisy-Saint-Pierre, near Senlis and Compiègne, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Age:
    55

    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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