Louis VIII “le Lion”, king of France

Events

Date of Birth: 3 September 1187.

Place of Birth: Paris, Palais Royal.

Poulle discusses the evidence for the date. Sivéry (p. 13) gives 5 September 1187.

Date of Death: 8 November 1226.

Place of Death: Château de Montpensier-en-Auvergne.

The date is given Sivéry (p. 404) and by Cawley. The place is given by Cawley.

Date of Burial: 15 November 1226

Place of Burial: Saint-Denis (entrails and heart at the abbey church of Montpensier).

The date and place are given by Sivéry (pp. 404-405).

Relationships

Father: Philippe II “Auguste”, king of France.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:79), by Sivéry (p. 13), and by Schneidmüller.

Mother: Isabelle de Hainaut.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:79), by Sivéry (p. 13), and by Schneidmüller.

Spouse: Blanca de Castilla. Married 23 May 1200 at Portmort.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:81), by Sivéry (pp. 57-60), and by Schneidmüller.

Children:

(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.)

a daughter (1205 - died young).

Philippe (7 September 1209 - 1218).

Alphonse (26 January 1213 - died young).

Jean (26 January 1213 - died young).

Louis IX (25 April 1214 - 25 August 1270), king of France, married Marguerite de Provence. Louis was canonized as Saint Louis.

Robert (September 1216 - 9 February 1250), count of Artois, married Mathilde de Brabant.

Alphonse (11 November 1220 - 21 August 1271), count of Toulouse, married Jeanne de Toulouse.

Jean (died 1232).

Philippe dit Dagobert (20 February 1222 - 1234).

Isabelle (March 1224 - 23 February 1270).

Étienne (1225 - 1227).

Charles I (about 21 March 1227 - 7 January 1285), king of Sicily.

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).

Cawley, Charles. “LOUIS VIII "le Lion" King of France” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Poulle, Emanuel. “La date de naissance de Louis VIII” in Bibliothèque de l’école des chartes, vol. 145, issue 145-2, pp. 427-420, (1987).

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

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

Sivéry, Gérard. Louis VIII:le lion (Paris: Fayard 1995).