11th Generation  

63. King Louis IX [the Saint] CAPET of France [122728] (King Louis VIII CAPET of France⁵⁸, King Phillip II CAPET of France⁵⁶, Queen Adele de CHAMPAGNE of France⁵³, Comte Thibault IV de BLOIS de Champagne³⁹, Comte Etienne Henri II de BLOIS de Blois, of Champagne and of Meaux²⁴, Comte Thibaut de BLOIS de Blois & Champagne¹⁶, Comte Odo II de BLOIS de Blois, Champagne and Chartres¹¹, Queen Consort Berthe de WELF of the Franks³, Conrad I of Burgundy (King)², Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy & Italy (King)¹) was born on 25 Apr 1214 in Poissy Isle-de-France France, died on 25 Aug 1270 in Tunis Tunisia at age 56, and was buried in Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis Île-de-France France.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Louis, amongst much more,
Louis IX (25 April 1214 \endash 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, was king of France from 1226 to 1270. Louis was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the death of his father Louis VIII; his mother, Blanche of Castile, ruled the kingdom as regent until he reached maturity, and then remained his valued adviser until her death. During Louis's childhood, Blanche dealt with the opposition of rebellious vassals and obtained a definitive victory in the Albigensian Crusade, which had started 20 years earlier.

As an adult, Louis IX faced recurring conflicts with some of his realm's most powerful nobles, such as Hugh X of Lusignan and Peter of Dreux. Simultaneously, Henry III of England attempted to restore the Angevin continental possessions, but was promptly routed at the Battle of Taillebourg. Louis annexed several provinces, notably parts of Aquitaine, Maine and Provence.

Louis IX is one of the most notable European monarchs of the Middle Ages. His reign is remembered as a medieval golden age in which the Kingdom of France reached an economic as well as political peak. His fellow European rulers esteemed him highly, for his pre-eminence in arms and the unmatched wealth of his kingdom, but also for his reputation of fairness and moral integrity: he was often asked to arbitrate their disputes.[1]

He was a reformer and developed a French royal justice in which the king was the supreme judge to whom anyone could in theory appeal for the amendment of a judgment. He banned trials by ordeal, tried to end the scourge of private wars, and introduced the presumption of innocence in criminal procedure. To enforce his new legal system, Louis IX created provosts and bailiffs.

Honoring a vow he had made while praying for recovery during a serious illness, Louis IX led the ill-fated Seventh and Eighth crusades against the Ayyubids, Bahriyya Mamluks and Hafsid Kingdom. He was captured in the first and ransomed against a third of France's annual revenue, and he died from dysentery during the latter. He was succeeded by his son Philip III.

His admirers through the centuries have regarded Louis IX as the ideal Christian ruler, though contemporaries occasionally rebuked him as a "monk king".[2][3] He was seen as inspired by Christian zeal and Catholic devotion. Enforcing strict Catholic orthodoxy, his laws punished blasphemy by mutilation of the tongue and lips,[4] and he ordered the burning of some 12,000 manuscript copies of the Talmud and other important Jewish books.[5] He is the only canonized king of France, and there are consequently many places named after him.

Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: at Château de Poissy, 25 Apr 1214, Poissy Isle-de-France France.

Louis married Reine Consort Marguerite BARCELONA de France [122729] on 27 May 1234. Marguerite was born in 1221 in Saint-Maime Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France, died on 21 Dec 1295 in Paris Isle-de-France France at age 74, and was buried in Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis Île-de-France France. Another name for Marguerite was Marguerite de PROVENCE.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Marguerite,
Margaret was born in the spring of 1221 in Forcalquier.[1] She was the eldest of four daughters of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, and Beatrice of Savoy. Her younger sisters were Queen Eleanor of England, Queen Sanchia of Germany, and Queen Beatrice of Sicily. She was especially close to Eleanor, to whom she was close in age, and with whom she sustained friendly relationships until they grew old.
AND,
In 1233, Blanche of Castile sent one of her knights to Provence, partly to offset the troublesome Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse, and partly to meet Margaret, whose grace and beauty were widely reported. Margaret and her father entertained the knight well, and soon Blanche was negotiating with the count of Provence, so that his daughter might marry the king. Margaret was chosen as a good match for the king more for her religious devotion and courtly manner than her beauty. She was escorted to Lyon by her parents for the marriage treaty to be signed. From there, she was escorted to her wedding in Sens by her uncles from Savoy, William and Thomas. On 27 May 1234 at the age of thirteen, Margaret became wife of Louis IX of France and queen consort of France.[3] She was crowned the following day.[1] The wedding and her coronation as queen were celebrated at the cathedral of Sens.[3]

The marriage was a difficult one in numerous aspects.[3] Blanche still wielded strong influence over her son, and would throughout her life.[4] As a sign of her authority, shortly after the wedding Blanche dismissed Margaret's uncles and all of the servants she had brought with her from her childhood. Margaret and Blanche resented each other from the beginning.[3]

Margaret, like her sisters, was noted for her beauty. She was said to be "pretty with dark hair and fine eyes",[5] and in the early years of their marriage she and Louis enjoyed a warm relationship. Her Franciscan confessor, William de St. Pathus, related that on cold nights Margaret would place a robe around Louis' shoulders, when her deeply religious husband rose to pray. Another anecdote recorded by St. Pathus related that Margaret felt that Louis' plain clothing was unbecoming to his royal dignity, to which Louis replied that he would dress as she wished, if she dressed as he wished.

They enjoyed riding together, reading, and listening to music. The attentions of the king and court being drawn to the new queen only made Blanche more jealous, and she worked to keep the king and queen apart as much as possible.

Noted events in her life were:

• Death: at Abbaye de Saint-Marcel, 21 Dec 1295, Paris Isle-de-France France.

Children from this marriage were:

   69    i. Blanche CAPET de France [122730] was born on 4 Dec 1240 in Poissy Isle-de-France France and died on 29 Apr 1243 at age 2.

   70    ii. Reina Consort Isabel CAPET de Navarre [122731] was born on 2 Mar 1242, died on 27 Apr 1271 in Hyères Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France at age 29, and was buried in Provins Île-de-France France.

+ 71    iii. King Phillip III CAPET of France [122515] was born on 1 May 1245 in Poissy Isle-de-France France and died on 5 Oct 1285 in Perpignan France at age 40.

   72    iv. Jean CAPET de France [122732] was born in Jan 1248 in Poissy Isle-de-France France, died on 10 Mar 1248 in Foggia Foggia Apulia Italy, and was buried in St Denis Paris Isle-de-France France.

   73    v. Prince Jean Tristan CAPET de France & Comte de Nevers [122738] was born on 4 Apr 1250 in Damietta Damietta Egypt, died on 3 Aug 1270 in Tunis Tunisia at age 20, and was buried in St Denis Paris Isle-de-France France.

   74    vi. Comte Pierre CAPET d'Alençon [122733] was born in 1251 in Paris Isle-de-France France and died in 1283 in Solermo Italy at age 32.

   75    vii. Blanche CAPET de France [122734] was born in 1253 in Jaffa Tel Aviv-Yafo Tel Aviv, died in 1322 in Paris Isle-de-France France at age 69, and was buried in Forcalquier Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France.

   76    viii. Marguerite CAPET [122735] was born in 1254 in Paris Isle-de-France France, died on 12 Jul 1271 in Lot-et-Garonne Nouvelle-Aquitaine France at age 17, and was buried in St Denis Paris Isle-de-France France.

   77    ix. Robert II CAPET de France [122736] was born in 1258 in Paris Isle-de-France France, died on 7 Feb 1317 in Paris Isle-de-France France at age 59, and was buried in Paris Isle-de-France France.

   78    x. Agnes CAPET de France [122737] was born in 1260 in Paris Isle-de-France France, died on 19 Dec 1327 in Cîteaux Cote d'Or Bourgogne France at age 67, and was buried in Citeaux Abbey Cîteaux Cote d'Or Bourgogne France.

64. Comte Robert I d'ARTOIS [81984] (King Louis VIII CAPET of France⁵⁸, King Phillip II CAPET of France⁵⁶, Queen Adele de CHAMPAGNE of France⁵³, Comte Thibault IV de BLOIS de Champagne³⁹, Comte Etienne Henri II de BLOIS de Blois, of Champagne and of Meaux²⁴, Comte Thibaut de BLOIS de Blois & Champagne¹⁶, Comte Odo II de BLOIS de Blois, Champagne and Chartres¹¹, Queen Consort Berthe de WELF of the Franks³, Conrad I of Burgundy (King)², Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy & Italy (King)¹) was born in 1216 and died in 1249 at age 33.

Robert married Maud Mahaut OF BRABANT [81985]. Maud was born in 1224 and died in 1288 at age 64.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 79    i. Princess Blanche d'ARTOIS [49531] was born in 1245 and died in 1302 at age 57.