Louis VIII … 1187–1226 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Louis VIII …, 1187–1226 (aged 39 years)

Name

Louis VIII …

Name: Louis VIII //
Name prefix: King of France (1223-1226)
Given names: Louis VIII
Nickname: the Lion

Sex Male

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 21 August 1165 44 — Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France Marriage: 1180 Death: 1223 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Isabella of Hainault … Louis VIII … Philip II Augustus … King of France 1165–1223 Birth: 21 August 1165 44 — Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France Death: 1223
mother	Links Marriage: 1180 Death: 1190 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Philip II Augustus … King of France Louis VIII … Isabella of Hainault … …–1190 Death: 1190
Marriage	Marriage — 1180 —
8 years himself	Links Birth: 5 September 1187 22 — Paris, Île-de-France, France Death: 8 November 1226 Unique identifier: 6B75F6B43F83094A9230D3861CCA44290D9B Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Blanche … of Castile Louis IX … Robert I … Count of Artois Charles I … Louis VIII … 1187–1226 Birth: 5 September 1187 22 — Paris, Île-de-France, France Death: 8 November 1226

Family with Blanche … of Castile
himself	Links Birth: 5 September 1187 22 — Paris, Île-de-France, France Death: 8 November 1226 Unique identifier: 6B75F6B43F83094A9230D3861CCA44290D9B Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Blanche … of Castile Louis IX … Robert I … Count of Artois Charles I … Louis VIII … 1187–1226 Birth: 5 September 1187 22 — Paris, Île-de-France, France Death: 8 November 1226
partner	Links Birth: 1188 22 8 Death: 1252 Unique identifier: 6B75F6B43F83094A9230D3861CCA44290D9B Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Louis VIII … Louis IX … Robert I … Count of Artois Charles I … Blanche … of Castile 1188–1252 Birth: 1188 22 8 Death: 1252
son	Links Birth: 25 April 1214 26 26 — Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Death: 25 August 1270 — Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse King of France (1270-1285) Philip III … Louis IX … 1214–1270 Birth: 25 April 1214 26 26 — Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Death: 25 August 1270 — Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
3 years son	Links Birth: September 1216 28 28 — Paris, Île-de-France, France Marriage: 14 June 1237 — Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France Death: Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Matilda de Brabant Blanche … Robert I … Count of Artois 1216–… Birth: September 1216 28 28 — Paris, Île-de-France, France Death: Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
10 years son	Links Birth: 21 March 1226 38 38 — France Death: 7 January 1285 — Foggia, Apulia, Italy Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Charles I … 1226–1285 Birth: 21 March 1226 38 38 — France Death: 7 January 1285 — Foggia, Apulia, Italy

Events of close relatives
Birth	5 September 1187 22 Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death of a mother	Isabella of Hainault … 1190
Birth of a son	Louis IX … 25 April 1214 Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Birth of a son	Robert I … Count of Artois September 1216 Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death of a father	Philip II Augustus … King of France 1223
Birth of a son	Charles I … 21 March 1226 France
Death	8 November 1226 (aged 39 years)
Unique identifier	0D065B11244F2B4BB8281E7CAB15974D86C5
Last change	8 January 2015 – 04:09:19 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	Before his succession he assisted his father in several campaigns to win control of French territories belong to John, the Angevin, or Plantagenet, king of England. Philip II previously had conspired with John against John's Brother, King Richard I of England, but later turned against him. In 1215 Louis was offered the crown of England by a group of barons in rebellion against King John; Louis led an expedition to England but was unsuccessful in claiming the throne; John died in the midst of the struggle and was succeeded by his son Henry III. The French invaders were excommunicated by the papal legate in England and were defeated in Battle at Lincoln. Louis returned to France in 1217 and there took part in crusades against a dissident religious sect called the Albigenses, or Cathars. After succeeding his father as king, Louis continued Philip's policy of destroying the power of the Plantagenets in France and bringing under royal authority the provinces held by the Albigenses in the south of France. He was succeeded by his son Louis IX.

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Before his succession he assisted his father in several campaigns to win control of French territories belong to John, the Angevin, or Plantagenet, king of England. Philip II previously had conspired with John against John's Brother, King Richard I of England, but later turned against him.

In 1215 Louis was offered the crown of England by a group of barons in rebellion against King John; Louis led an expedition to England but was unsuccessful in claiming the throne; John died in the midst of the struggle and was succeeded by his son Henry III. The French invaders were excommunicated by the papal legate in England and were defeated in Battle at Lincoln. Louis returned to France in 1217 and there took part in crusades against a dissident religious sect called the Albigenses, or Cathars. After succeeding his father as king, Louis continued Philip's policy of destroying the power of the Plantagenets in France and bringing under royal authority the provinces held by the Albigenses in the south of France. He was succeeded by his son Louis IX.

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Media object	King of France (1223-1226), Louis VIII "the Lion"