Louis VII “le Jeune”, king of France

Events

Date of Birth: about 1120.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 18 September 1180.

The date is given by Sassier.

Relationships

Father: Louis VI “le Gros”, king of France.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 80), by Lewis (p. 58), and by Schneidmüller.

Mother: Adélaïde de Maurienne.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 80), and by Lewis (p. 58).

Spouse: Éléonore d’Aquitaine.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 80), by Lewis (p. 59), and by Schneidmüller.

Spouse: Constanza de Castilla.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 80), and by Schneidmüller.

Spouse: Alix de Blois.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 80), by Lewis (p. 64), and by Schneidmüller.

Children (by Éléonore):

(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 Sassier.)

Marie (1145 - 11 March 1198) married Henri I “le Libéral”, count of Champagne.

Alix (1150 - 11 September, after 1195) married Thibaut V “le Bon”, count of Blois.

Children (by Constanza):

Marguerite (about 1157 - shortly after 10 September 1197) married (1) Henry of England; married (2) Béla III, king of Hungary.

Alix (about 4 October 1160 - after January 1213) married (1) Guilluame II “Talvas”, count of Ponthieu.

Children (by Alix):

Philippe II “Auguste” (21 August 1165 - 14 July 1223), king of France, married (1) Isabelle de Hainaut; married (2) Ingebjörg of Denmark; married (3) (bigamously) Agnes von Andechs-Merano.

Agnès married (1) Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor; married (2) Andronikos I, Byzantine emperor; married (3) Theodoros Branas, duke of Adrianople.

References

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

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

Sassier, Yves. Louis VII. (Fayard, 1991).

Schneidmüller, B. "Ludwig VII" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 5 (Stuttgart: 1991).

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