Louis VIII, King of France

1187 - 1226  (39 years)

• Name	Louis VIII
  Suffix	King of France
  Birth	3 Sep 1187	Paris, France   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	5 Sep 1187	Paris, France   [4, 5]
  Death	8 Nov 1226	Castle of Montpensier, Puy-de-Dôme, France   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6]
  Alternate death	9 Nov 1226	Castle of Montpensier, Puy-de-Dôme, France   [5]
  Burial	Abbey of Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France   [1, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I7151	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Philippe II Augustus, King of France,   b. 22 Aug 1165, Gonesse, France d. 14 Jul 1223, Mantes la Jolie, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Isabella of Flanders, Queen Consort of France,   b. 23 Apr 1170, Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 15 Mar 1190, Paris, France (Age 19 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1180	Abbey of Saint-Trinité, Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, France   [1, 5]
  Family ID	F3300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blanche of Castile, Queen Consort of France,   b. Bef 4 Mar 1188, Palencia, Castile, Spain d. 26 Nov 1252, Paris, France (Age > 64 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1200	Church of Port-Mort, Eure, Normandy, France   [1, 4, 7, 8, 9]
  Children	+ 1. St. Louis IX, King of France,   b. 25 Apr 1214, Castle of Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. 25 Aug 1270, near Tunis, Africa (Age 56 years) + 2. Robert of France,   b. 17 Sep 1216   d. 9 Feb 1250, Mansourah, Egypt (Age 33 years) + 3. Charles I Etienne, King of Naples and Sicily,   b. Mar 1226   d. 7 Jan 1285 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Family ID	F1042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 May 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Nicknamed "le Lion". Pretender to the throne of England, 1216-17.

  
  

• Sources

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