Louis VIII the Lion of France Capet, King of France^[1]

1187 - 1226  (39 years)

• Name	Louis VIII the Lion of France Capet
  Suffix	King of France
  Birth	5 Sep 1187	Paris, France
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1223
  Death	8 Nov 1226	Auvergne, France
  Burial	Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France
  Notes	Acceded 1223 http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01741
  Person ID	I5587	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Philip II Augustus of France Capet, King of France,   b. 21 Aug 1165   d. 14 Jul 1223, Mantes, France (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Isabella of Hainault, Queen Consort of France,   b. 5 Apr 1170, Valenciennes, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 15 Mar 1190, Paris (Age 19 years)
  Marriage	1180
  Family ID	F1802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blanche of Castile,   b. 1188, Palencia d. 27 Nov 1252, Paris, France (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1200	Normandy, France
  Children	1. Louis IX (St. Louis) of France Capet, King of France,   b. 25 Apr 1214   d. 25 Aug 1270, Tunis, Africa (Age 56 years)   2. Robert I of Artois Capet, Count of Artois,   b. Sep 1216   d. 9 Feb 1250 (Age ~ 33 years)   3. Alphonse of Poitiers Capet, Count of Toulouse   d. 1271   4. Charles I of Anjou Capet, King of Naples and Sicily,   b. Mar 1226   d. 7 Jan 1285 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Family ID	F1804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Photos		Louis VIII the Lion King of the Franks and Count of Artois
  		Coronation_of_Louis_VIII_and_Blanche_of_Castile_1223.jpg Coronation of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile at Reims in 1223; a miniature from the Grandes Chroniques de France, painted in the 1450s, kept at the National Library of France

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).