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1081 - 1137 (55 years)
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Name |
Louis VI France |
Prefix |
King |
Born |
01 Dec 1081 |
Paris, France |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
01 Aug 1137 |
Béthisy-Saint-Pierre, France |
Buried |
Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France |
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Notes |
- Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VI_of_France
He was the son of of Philip I and his first wife, Bertha of Holland. Louis married Lucienne de Rochefort, a French crown princess, in 1104, but repudiated her three years later. They had no children.
Louis married Adelaide of Maurienne, daughter of Humbert II of Savoy and Gisela of Burgundy, and niece of Pope Callixtus II. They had eight children. Adelaide was one of the most politically active of all France's medieval queens. Her name appears on 45 royal charters from the reign of Louis VI. During her tenure as queen, royal charters were dated with both her regnal year and that of the king.
Louis was the first member of the House of Capet to make a lasting contribution to the centralizing institutions of royal power. He spent almost all of his twenty-nine-year reign fighting either the "robber barons" who plagued Paris or the Norman kings of England for their continental possession of Normandy. Nonetheless, Louis VI managed to reinforce his power considerably and became one of the first strong kings of France since the division of the Carolingian Empire in 843.
When Louis ascended the throne the Kingdom of France was a collection of feudal principalities. Beyond the Isle de France the French Kings had little authority over the great Dukes and Counts of the realm but slowly Louis began to change this and assert Capetian rights. This process would take two centuries to complete but began in the reign of Louis VI.
The second great challenge facing Louis was to counter the rising power of the Anglo-Normans under their capable new King, Henry I of England. Louis was involved with a coalition of Norman and French seigneurs opposed to Henry. The plan was to drive the English King from Normandy and replace him.
Louis was a warrior king but by his forties his weight had become so great that it was increasingly difficult for him to lead in the field.
As Louis VI approached his end there seemed reasons for optimism. He made great strides in exercising his royal authority over his barons. William X, Duke of Aquitaine, on his deathbed, had appointed Louis VI guardian of his fifteen-year-old daughter and heiress, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor was suddenly the most eligible heiress in Europe and Louis wasted no time in marrying her to his own heir, the future Louis VII. At a stroke Louis had added one of the most powerful Duchies in France to the Capetian domains.
Henry I of England was dead and Stephen of Blois had seized the English Crown, reneging on the oath he had sworn to support Empress Matilda. So England was in turmoil. That was not to last as Matilda married Geoffrey of Anjoy [ Plantagenet] and fought to regain the throne for her son, Henry II. Henry II married Eleanor of Aquitaine and added to the hostilities between France and England for Louis descendants.
Source:
GenealogieOnline. Coret Genealogie. http://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/
Name: Louis VI France
Gender: m (Male)
Birth Date: 1 dec 1081
Birth Place: Paris, France
Death Date: 1 aug 1137
Death Place: Béthisy-Saint-Pierre, France
Death Age: 55
Father: Philip I France
Mother: Bertha Holland
Spouse: Adelaide Maurienne
Children: Louis VII France
Robert I Dreux
Peter Courtenay
Constance France
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Person ID |
I35217 |
Master File |
Last Modified |
9 Sep 2016 |
Father |
Philip I of the Franks, the Amorous, b. 23 May 1052, Champagne-et-Fontaine, France , d. 29 Jul 1108, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France (Age 56 years) |
Mother |
Bertha of Holland, b. ABT. 1055, Vlaardingen, Netherlands , d. 30 Jul 1093, Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age ~ 38 years) |
Family ID |
F14537 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Adelaide of Maurienne, de Savoy, b. 1092, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France , d. 18 Nov 1154, Abbey of Montmartre, France (Age 62 years) |
Children |
| 1. King Louis VII of France, b. 1120, Paris, France , d. 18 Sep 1180, Saint-Pont, Auvergne, France (Age 60 years) |
| 2. Pierre/Peter of France, de Courtenay, b. Sep 1126, Reims, France , d. 10 Apr 1183, Acre, Holy Land (Age ~ 56 years) |
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Last Modified |
9 Sep 2016 |
Family ID |
F14536 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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