Louis VIII of France Capet

1187 - 1226  (39 years)

• Name	Louis VIII of France Capet  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	5 Sep 1187	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Name	The Lion
  Occupation	Between 1223 and 1226	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [6]
  	King of France
  Reference Number	26-4084497-01
  Burial	1226	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [2, 4]
  	St Denis Basilica
  Death	8 Nov 1226	Montpensier, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France   [2, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I7435	Presidents and Royalty
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Phillip II Augustus Capet,   b. 22 Aug 1165, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 14 Jul 1223, Mantes, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabelle Hainaut,   b. 5 Apr 1170, Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 15 Mar 1190, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 19 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Apr 1180	Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [5, 7]
  Family ID	F4982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blanca Alphonsa Sanchez de Castilla,   b. 4 Mar 1188, Valencia, Valencia, Pais Valenciano, Spain d. 27 Nov 1252, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1200	Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [5]
  Children	1. Jeanne Capet,   b. 26 Jan 1212, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 1252, Norton, Hampshire, England (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Louis IX Capet,   b. 25 Apr 1214, Poissy, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France d. 25 Aug 1270, Tunis, Tunisia (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Count of Artois Robert I d'Artois Capet,   b. Sep 1216, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 8 Feb 1250, Al Qahirah, Al Qahirah, Egypt (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Sep 1187 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Marriage - 1200 - Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Occupation - King of France - Between 1223 and 1226 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Burial - 1226 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Death - 8 Nov 1226 - Montpensier, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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