1120 - 1180 (60 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Louis VII "the Young", King of France was born in 1120 (son of Louis VI "le Gros", King of France and Adelaide of Maurienne); died on 18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reign: From 1137 to 1180; King of France (House of Capet)
- Crowned: 25 Dec 1137; He was crowned the King of France on 25 December 1137.
Notes:
Name:
House of Capet
Buried:
Louis VII was buried in Barbeau Abbey, Fontaine-le-Port, France. His bones were transferred to St. Denis' Abbey in 1817.
Louis married Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine on 25 Jul 1137 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, and was divorced on 18 Mar 1152. Eleanor (daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine and Éléonore de Châtellerault) was born in 1123 in probably Bordeaux, France; died on 31 Mar 1204 in Palace of Poitiers, Poitiers, Poitou, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Marie of France, Princess of France was born in 1145 in France; died on 11 Mar 1198.
Louis married Constance of Castile in 1153/54. Constance (daughter of Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon and Berengaria of Barcelona) died on 4 Oct 1160; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Marguerite of France died after 10 Sep 1197 in Acre, Holy Land.
- Alys of France, Countess of Vexin was born on 4 Oct 1160 in France; died about 1220.
Louis married Adelaide of Blois on 13 Nov 1160. Adelaide (daughter of Theobald IV "the Great", Count of Blois and Champagne and Mathilda von Sponheim) was born about 1140; died on 24 Jun 1206 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Abbey of Fontenay, Marmagne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Philip II "Augustus", King of France was born on 21 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Jul 1223 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France.
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Agnes of France was born in 1171; died about 1240.
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Generation: 2
2. | Louis VI "le Gros", King of France was born on Fall of 1081 (son of Philip I "the Amorous", King of France and Bertha of Holland); died on 1 Aug 1137 in Château-Bethizy, Paris, Île-de-France, France (no longer exists); was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Crowned: 1108; He was crowned the King of France in 1108.
- Reign: From 1108 to 1137; King of France (House of Capet)
- Military: say 1120; He was a crusader.
Notes:
Birth: Stuart (2002) gives his birth as 1081 in Herbst, France.
Name:
Louis married Adelaide of Maurienne in 1115. Adelaide (daughter of Humbert II "il Gross", Count of Maurienne and Savoy and Gisela de Bourgogne) was born in 1092; died on 18 Nov 1154. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Adelaide of Maurienne was born in 1092 (daughter of Humbert II "il Gross", Count of Maurienne and Savoy and Gisela de Bourgogne); died on 18 Nov 1154. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: She was also known as Adelaide of Savoy.
Notes:
Marriage Date: von Redlich (1941) gives their marriage date as about 1120.
Children:
- 1. Louis VII "the Young", King of France was born in 1120; died on 18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France.
- Robert I "le Grand", Count of Dreux, Perche and Braine was born about 1123; died on 11 Oct 1188 in Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France.
- Peter of France, Prince of France was born about 1126 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died on 10 Apr 1183.
- Maud, Princess of France
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Generation: 3
4. | Philip I "the Amorous", King of France was born on 23 May 1052 (son of Henry I, King of France and Anne of Kiev); died on 30 Jul 1108 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Fleury Abbey, Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Crowned: 1060; In 1030, he was crowned King of France.
- Reign: From 1060 to 1108; King of France (House of Capet)
Notes:
Death: Stuart (2002) states he died 24 July 1108.
Name:
Philip married Bertha of Holland in 1072, and was divorced in 1091. Bertha (daughter of Florenz I, Count of Holland and West Friesland and Gertrude of Saxony) was born about 1055; died in 1093 in Montreuil-sur-Mer, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
8. | Henry I, King of France was born in Apr 1008 in Burgundy, France (son of Robert II "the Pious", King of France and Constance of Arles); died on 4 Aug 1060 in Vitry-en-Brie (now Vitry-sur-Seine), Île-de-France, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: He was also the Duke of Burgundy and the Count of Paris.
- Crowned: 1031; He was crowned the King of France in 1031.
- Reign: From 1031 to 1060; King of France (House of Capet)
Notes:
Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth as 1005/11.
Name:
Henry married Anne of Kiev on 19 May 1051 in Rheims, Grand Est, France. Anne (daughter of Jaroslaw I Wladimiroswtsch, Grand Prince of Kiev and Ingegard of Sweden, Princess of Sweden) was born in 1036 in Kiev, Ukraine; died in 1075; was buried in Villers Abbey, Villers-la-Ville, Wallonia, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Anne of Kiev was born in 1036 in Kiev, Ukraine (daughter of Jaroslaw I Wladimiroswtsch, Grand Prince of Kiev and Ingegard of Sweden, Princess of Sweden); died in 1075; was buried in Villers Abbey, Villers-la-Ville, Wallonia, Belgium. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: She was also know as Anna Yaroslavna, Anne of Rus, Anne de Russie, or Agnes de Russie.
- Religion: 1059; In 1059 Henry began feuding with the Church over issues related to Gregorian Reform. During this time, Pope Nicholas II sent Anne a letter counselling her to follow her conscience to right wrongs and intervene against oppressive violence, while also encouraging her to advocate with her husband so that he might govern with moderation. According to Delorme, some historians have interpreted this letter from the Pope as being indicative of Anne's conversion to Roman Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy.
- Religion: say 1060; She founded the Abbey of St. Vincent at Senlis.
- Offices Held: 4 Aug 1060; When Henry I died on 4 August 1060, she became the Queen Regnant for her young son, Philip.
- Last Full Review: 25 Jun 2020
Notes:
Birth: Sewell (2008) gives her birth date as 1024.
Name:
Buried:
In 1682, the Jesuit antiquary Claude-Francois Menestrier announced that he had discovered Anne's tomb at the Cistercian Abbey of Villiers. The discovery was subsequently disputed, as Villiers was not built until the thirteenth century, although it's possible Anne's remains had been moved there at some point following her death. Whatever monument may have been there was destroyed in the French Revolution.
Notes:
Marriage Date: von Redlich (1941) and Weis (1976) and Sewell give their marriage date as 29 January 1044.
Married:
Henry was nearly twenty years older than Anne.
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15. | Stephanie of Longwy was born about 1035 (daughter of Adalbert III, Count of Longwy and Duke of Upper Lorraine and Clemence de Foix); died after 1088. Children:
- Stephen, Count of Vienne, Mâcon, and Burgundy was born about 1055; died on 27 May 1102 in Rama, Holy Land (not found).
- Ermentrude of Burgundy was born about 1060; died after 8 Mar 1105.
- Sibylle of Burgunday was born in 1065; died in 1103.
- Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea, Count of Castile was born about 1070 in Burgundy, France; died on 24 May 1107 in Grajal de Campos, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
- 7. Gisela de Bourgogne was born about 1070; died after 1133.
- Clemence of Burgundy
- Pope Calixtus II was born in Burgundy, France; died on 3 Dec 1124.
- Berta of Burgundy died before 15 Jan 1100.
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