Louis VI “le Gros”, king of France

Also known as Louis Thibaut.

King of France

Events

Date of Birth: probably at the end of 1081.

Place of Birth: Paris.

The date is given by Dufour (1990, p. 457). The date and place are given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 1 August 1137.

Place of Death: Paris.

The date and place are given by Dufour (1990, p. 480). Bournazel (p. 204) gives 1 July 1137.

Place of Burial: Saint-Denis.

The place is given by Bournazel (p. 204) and by Dufour (1990, p. 481).

Relationships

Father: Philippe I, king of France.

This relationship is given père Anselme (1:74), by Cokayne (p. 88), by Bournazel, by Lewis (1981, p. 47), and by Dufour (1990, p. 457).

Mother: Bertha van Holland.

This relationship is given père Anselme (1:74), by Cokayne (p. 88), by Bournazel (p. 32), by Lewis (1981, p. 47), and by Dufour (1990, p. 457).

Spouse: Lucienne de Rochefort.

This relationship is given by Sirjean (p. 57) and by Bournazel (pp. 66-67).

Spouse: Adélaïde de Maurienne. Married in 1115 in Paris, probably between 25 and 30 March.

This relationship is given père Anselme (1:75), by Cokayne (p. 88), by Lewis (p. 55), and by Bournazel (pp. 130-132). The evidence for the date is discussed by Lewis (1990).

Partner: Marie (?) de Breuillet.

This relationship is given by Bournazel (p. 131).

Children (by Adélaide): .

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Philippe de France (29 August 1116 - 13 October 1131).

Louis de France (1120 - 18 or 19 September 1180), later Louis VII “le Jeune”, king of France, married (1) Aliènor d’Aquitaine; married (2) Constanza de Castilla; married (3) Alix de Blois.

Henri de France (about 1121 - 13 November 1175), bishop of Beauvais, archbishop of Reims.

Hugues de France (born about 1122, died young).

Robert de France (about 1122 - October 1188), lord of Dreux, married (1) Hawise de Salisbury; married (2) Agnès de Baudément.

Pierre de France (1126 - 10 March, about 1183) married Elisabeth de Courtenay.

Constance de France (about 1128 - after 1177) married (1) Eustace de Blois; married (2) Raymond V, count of Toulouse.

Philippe de France (1132 or 1133 - 5 September 1161).

Children (by Marie):

Isabelle married Guillaume, lord of Chaumont.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Bournazel, Eric. Louis VI le gros (Paris: Fayard, 2007).

Cawley, Charles. “LOUIS THIBAUT de France” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

Dufour, Jean. "Louis VI, roi de France (1108-1137), à la lumière des actes royaux et des source narratives" in Comples rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 134e année, N.2, 1990. pp. 456-482.

Dufour, J. "Ludwig VI." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 5 (Stuttgart: 1991).

Lewis, Andrew W. “La date du mariage de Louis VI et d’Adélaïde de Maurienne” in Bibliothèque de l’école des chartes, vol. 148, issue 148-1, pp. 5-16 (1990).

Lewis, Andrew W. Royal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State, (Harvard University Press, 1981).

Sirjean, Gaston. Encyclopédie généalogique des maisons souveraines du monde: Première Partie No. 3 Les Capétiens Directs (1959).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).