Louis VIII "The Lion" Capet Roi des Francs

  General Notes:

~ Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. II, p. 215 ⁵²⁹

~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 45:29, 101:27, 104:27, 113:28, father of Robert. ¹⁶⁰

  Information about this person:

• Children. ¹⁰⁷⁶
Louis VII, the Lion, who married Blanche, daughter of Alfonso VIII, King of Castile and Eleanor of England. Blanche was the granddaughter of Henry II, King of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Children of Louis VIII and his wife, Blanche were:

Louis IX, King of France, fourth yet eldest surviving son, married Margaret, daughter of Raymond IV Berengar, Count of Provence and his wife Beatrix of Savoy.

Robert I, comté de Artois, married to Matilda de Brabant, daughter of Henri II, duc de Brabant.

Alphonso, comté de Toulouse et Poitou, married to Joanna, daughter and heiress of Raymond VII of Toulouse. Alphonso and his wife had no children.

Charles I, comté de Anjou, King of Sicily, married to Beatrix de Provence, daughter of Raymond Berengar V, of Provence. His second wife was Margaret of Burgundy, daughter of Odo of Burgundy.

~ Blood Royal: Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England, 1066-1399, pp. 195-198

• Descendent of Charlemagne. ⁵²⁹
Charlemagne=Hildegarde, daughter of Gerold I, count in Vinzgau
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Louis I, Emperor of the West=Judith, daughter of Welf, count in Bavaria
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Charles II, the Bald, Emperor of the West=Ermentrude, daughter of Odo, Count of Orleans
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Judith of France=Baldwin I, count of Flanders
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Baldwind II, count of Flanders=Ælfthryth, daughter of Alfred the Great
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Baldwind III, count of Flanders=Alix, daughter of Heribert II, Count of Vemandois (also descendant of Charlemagne
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Arnulf II, count of Flanders=Rosala of Ivrea, daughter of Berengar II, Marquess of Ivreas, King of Italy (also descendant of Charlemagne)
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Baldwin IV, count of Flanders=Otigiva, daughter of Frederick, Count of Luxemburg
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Baldwin V, count of Flanders=Adele, daughter of Robert II, King of France
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Baldwin I, count of Hainaut=Richilde of Hainaut
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Baldwin II, count of Hainaut=Ida of Louvaine, daughter of Henry II of Brabant, count of Louvain and Adelaide of Orlamunda
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Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut=Yolande of Guelders, daughter of Gerald I of Wassenburg, Count of Guelders
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Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut=Alix of Namur, daughter of Godfrey, Count of Namur and Ermesidne, daughter of Conrad I, Count of Luxemburg
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Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and Namur=Marguarite, daughter of Thierry of Lorraine, Count of Flanders and Sibyl of Anjou, daughter of Fulk V, King of Jerusalem and Erembourg of Maine
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Isabella of Hainaut=Philip II Augustus, King of France, son of King Louis VII and his third wife Alix of Champagne
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Louis VIII, King of France=Blanche de Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII, King of Castile and Eleanor, daughter of Henry II, King of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine

~ Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. II, pp. 185-186, 214-215

Louis married Blanca Alfonsez Princesa de Castilla, daughter of Alfonso VIII Sánchez Rey de Castile and Eleanor Plantagenêt Princess of England, Queen de Castila, on 23 May 1200 ⁵²⁹.^,1076 (Blanca Alfonsez Princesa de Castilla was born on 23 Mar 1187-1188 in Palencia, Iberia, died on 27 Nov 1252 in Paris, Île-de-France, France ¹⁰⁷⁶ and was buried in 1252 in Maubuisson Abbey, Maubuisson, Seine-Et-Oise, France ¹⁰⁷⁶.)