King Hugh Capet of France

Family/Spouse: Adelaide of Poitou. Adelaide (daughter of William I of Poitou and Gerloc of Normandy) was born about 950; died on 15 Jun 1006. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Constance of Provence in 998. Constance (daughter of Count William II of Provence and Adelaide of Anjou) was born est 980; died on 25 Jul 1032. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count Regnier IV of Hainault. Regnier (son of Count Regnier III of Hainault and Adele of Dagsbourg) was born est 975; died in 1013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count Baldwin V of Flanders. Baldwin (son of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders and Ogive of Luxembourg) was born in 1012; died on 01 Sep 1067. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Anne of Kiev on 19 Mar 1051. Anne (daughter of Grand Prince Jaroslav I of Kiev and Ingeborg of Sweden) was born in 1036; died after 1075. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mathile of Verdun. Mathile (daughter of Count Herman of Verdun) was born est 1000; died about 1039. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: King William I of England. William (son of Duke Robert I of Normandy) was born in 1027; died on 9 Sep 1087. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phillipe married Bertha of Holland in 1072. Bertha (daughter of Count Florent I of Holland) was born about 1055; died in 1094. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Adelaide de Vermandois. Adelaide (daughter of Herbert IV of Vermandois and Addela de Vexin) was born est 1080; died about 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Archbishop Ebles I of Roucy. Ebles (son of Count Giselbert of Roucy) was born est 990; died on 11 May 1033. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ida of Louvain. Ida (daughter of Count Henry II of Louvain and Adelaide of Orlamunda) was born est 1050; died in 1139. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adela_of_Normandy

Family/Spouse: Count Stephen Henry of Blois. Stephen (son of Count Theobald III of Blois) was born in ca 1045; died on 19 May 1102 in Jerusalem, Isreal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Princess Matilda of Scotland. Matilda (daughter of King Malcolm III of the Scots and Saint Margaret of Scotland) was born about 1080. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Adelaide of Savoy in 1115. Adelaide (daughter of Count Humbert II of Savoy) was born about 1092; died on 18 Nov 1154. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William de Warenne. William was born est 1100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count Hildouin III of Roucy. Hildouin was born est 1010; died about 1062. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Yolande de Wassenberg. Yolande (daughter of Count Gerald I of Guelgers) was born est 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Accession: 1125; Count of Troyes Count of Champagne Thibaut IV Count of Bloi

Notes:

French nobility, as Thibaut II Count of Champagne and as Thibaut IV Count of Blois. He was the second-eldest son of Étienne Henri de Blois and Adela of England. He inherited the titles Count of Troyes and Count of Champagne from his uncle Hugh in 1125. His relationship with his liege Louis VI was a quite ambivalent relationship. While he supported him in 1111 against a revolt, he turned against him two years later when the king denied him the county of Corbeil. He allied with his uncle Henry I of England, but signed a peace contract with Louis when Henry was excommunicated. From 1127 on, he again opposed the King of France. This constant changing of sides didn't change with the new king, Louis VII. After Thibaut had helped arrange his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1137 he came into conflict with the king about the introduction of a new Archbishop of Bourges. After the death of Henry I, he was proposed by the Norman barons to succeed him, as he was the eldest grandson of William the Conqueror. But his youngest brother Stephen was able to obtain the crown. In exchange, he received the regency over Normandy, which he lost again in 1144 when Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, invaded the county. He was unable to prevent it because he was occupied with Louis who had invaded the Champagne. But soon Louis feared the new strength of the Anjou family and now allied with Thibaut. He is known as a supporter of the Cistercians and for the foundation of the abbeys of Clairvaux, Trois-Fontaines and Pontigny. He also granted Pierre Abelard refuge after he had had to flee from Saint Denis University. Thibaut was married to Mathilde of Carinthia who bore him eleven children. His eldest sons married the daughters of King Louis and Eleanor while his youngest daughter married the king himself.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48107737/thibaut_ii-de_champagne

Thibaut married Mathilde of Carinthia-Sponheim in 1126. Mathilde (daughter of Duke Engelbert II Von Sponheim and Ute von Passau) was born in 1108 in Austria; died on 13 Dec 1161 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Abbaye de la Pommeraie, Sélestat, Département du Bas-Rhin, Alsace-Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count Geoffrey Plantagenet, V. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Accession: 1137; King of France

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21090/king_louis_vii

Louis married Queen Consort Adèle de Blois-Champagne on 18 Oct 1160. Adèle (daughter of Count Thibaut II de Champagne and Mathilde of Carinthia-Sponheim) was born in 1140; died on 4 Jun 1206 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Abbey of Pontigny, Pontigny, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Earl Henry of Huntington. Henry (son of King David I of the Scots and Countess Maud of Huntington) was born in 1114; died on 12 Jun 1152. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count Hugh of Clermon. Hugh was born est 1040; died in 1101. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Baldwin IV "le Batisseur" Count of Hainaut was born 1108 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. His parents were Baldwin III of Hainaut and Yolande von Wassenberg. He married Alix of Namur on 1130 in Namur, Belgium. He passed away on Nov 8 1171 in Château de Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. As he was a minor at his father's death, the regency was assumed by his mother, Countess de Flanders, who ruled the country with prudence and firmness. They had negotiated the betrothal of thier son with Alix de Namur and secured, by treaty rights of the latter, to the County of Namur. The Countess allowed her son to begin his rule in 1127. Children from this union with Alix de Namur were: i.Baldwin, died young, buried in Binche; ii.Godefroy, Count of Ostrevant, died in Mons on 16 April 6, 1159 without issue, married 15 years with Eleanor of Vermandois; iii.Baldwin V (1156 † 1195), Count of Hainaut, listed below; iv.William of Hainault, lord of Chateau-Thierry in the county of Namur, married his first wife Mahaud Lalaing, and his second wife was Avoye Saint-Sauve; v.Henry, Lord of Sebourg, of Angre and Fay. He lies in Sebourg where, on his tomb, it says "uncle of Baldwin, emperor of Constantinople", married Jeanne de Cisoing; vi.Yolande, with first husband Yves III, lord of Néelle and Falvy, Comte de Soissons, died childless in 1157 and his second wife, Hugh IV, Count of Saint-Pol; vii.Agnes, said the cripple, the first wife of Raoul, Sire de Coucy, Marle, La Fere, Crécy, Vervins, Pinon and Landousies, died before 1173; viii.Laurence, who with her second husband, gave a lot of property to the Town Hall, to the Cistercian order, diocese of Paris, where she was buried after his death on August 9, 1181, married Thierry of Ghent , last lord of Alost and Waes, with whom she was still alive in 1160 and who died childless in 1165, then his second wife shortly after 1171 with Bouchard IV, Lord of Montmorency.

Family/Spouse: Countess Alix of Namur. Alix was born in ca 1112; died in Jul 1169; was buried in Collegiate Church of St. Waudru, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lord Roger de Toeni. Roger (son of Lord Ralph de Toeni, IV and Alice of Northumberland) was born est 1105; died in 1162. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Queen Consort. She was the youngest daughter of Thibaut IV de Blois and Mathilde of Carinthia. She married Louis VII on November 13th, 1160 in Paris, five weeks after his second wife Constance de Castille had died. They both liked each other and she had some influence on him. Louis married his daughters, Marie and Alix, from his first marriage to her brothers, Henri and Thibaut. In 1165 she gave birth to the longed for successor, Philippe. Two girls, Alix and Agnes, were born in 1170 and 1171. Following tradition Philippe was crowned king when he was fourteen. At this time Louis was very ill and Adèle hoped to act as a regent for him if Louis died suddenly. Philippe surprised everyone and claimed the power for himself and choose a wife without his parents consent. Her husband died in 1180 and Philippe became king. During his absence on the crusade she reigned the kingdom following strict rules set by him. After his return to France she quietly retired. Following her last wish she was buried in Pontigny instead of St. Denis

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32162741/ad%C3%A8le-de_blois-champagne

Adèle married King Louis VII Capet on 18 Oct 1160. Louis (son of King Louis VI of France and Adelaide of Savoy) was born in 1120 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 18 Sep 1180 in Saint-Pont, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gervase de Courtenay. Gervase was born est 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aliz de Porho. Aliz was born about 1145. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Accession: 1180; King of France

Notes:

Philip II Augustus was the King of France from 1180 until his death. A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d'Oise, the son of Louis VII and his third wife, Adela of Champagne. He was originally nicknamed Dieudonné—the God-given—as he was the first son of Louis VII late in his father's life.
Philip was one of the most successful medieval French monarchs in expanding the royal demesne and the influence of the monarchy. He broke up the great Angevin Empire and defeated a coalition of his rivals (German, Flemish and English) at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. He reorganized the government, bringing financial stability to the country and making possible a sharp increase in prosperity. His reign was popular with ordinary people because he checked the power of the nobles and passed some of it on to the growing middle class.
In declining health, Louis VII had him crowned and anointed at Rheims by the Archbishop William Whitehands on November 1, 1179. He was married on April 28, 1180 to Isabelle of Hainaut, who brought the County of Artois as her dowry. His father died on 20 September 1180.
Philip's eldest son, Louis, was born on 5 September 1187 and inherited Artois in 1190, when Isabelle, his mother, died.
Philip went on the Third Crusade (1189–1192) with Richard I of England (1189–99) and the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick I Barbarossa (1155–90).
By the time Acre surrendered on July 12 1191, Philip was severely ill with dysentery which reduced his crusading zeal. Ties with Richard were further strained after the latter acted in a haughty manner after Acre had fallen.
Philip II Augustus died 14 July 1223 at Mantes and was interred in Saint Denis Basilica. Philip's son by Isabelle de Hainaut, Louis VIII, was his successor.


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65601035/philippe_ii-augustus-of_france

Philippe married Queen Isabelle de Hainaut on 28 Apr 1180. Isabelle (daughter of Count Baldwin V de Hainaut and Countess Marguerite I of Flanders) was born on 23 Apr 1170 in Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 15 Mar 1190; was buried in Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philippe married Agnes de Maranie in Jun 1196. Agnes was born about 1180. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lord Gilbert Fitz Richard Fitz Gilbert. Gilbert (son of Lord Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard) was born before 1066; died in 1117. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84656043/baldwin_v-hainaut

Family/Spouse: Countess Marguerite I of Flanders. Marguerite (daughter of Count Thierry de Flandre and Sibylle d'Anjou) was born in 1145; died on 15 Nov 1194; was buried in Cathedral of Saint Donatian, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Baron William de Mohun. William (son of Earl William de Mohun and Agnes de Gaunt) was born est 1140; died in 1176. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Accession: 1180; King of France

Notes:

Philip II Augustus was the King of France from 1180 until his death. A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d'Oise, the son of Louis VII and his third wife, Adela of Champagne. He was originally nicknamed Dieudonné—the God-given—as he was the first son of Louis VII late in his father's life.
Philip was one of the most successful medieval French monarchs in expanding the royal demesne and the influence of the monarchy. He broke up the great Angevin Empire and defeated a coalition of his rivals (German, Flemish and English) at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. He reorganized the government, bringing financial stability to the country and making possible a sharp increase in prosperity. His reign was popular with ordinary people because he checked the power of the nobles and passed some of it on to the growing middle class.
In declining health, Louis VII had him crowned and anointed at Rheims by the Archbishop William Whitehands on November 1, 1179. He was married on April 28, 1180 to Isabelle of Hainaut, who brought the County of Artois as her dowry. His father died on 20 September 1180.
Philip's eldest son, Louis, was born on 5 September 1187 and inherited Artois in 1190, when Isabelle, his mother, died.
Philip went on the Third Crusade (1189–1192) with Richard I of England (1189–99) and the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick I Barbarossa (1155–90).
By the time Acre surrendered on July 12 1191, Philip was severely ill with dysentery which reduced his crusading zeal. Ties with Richard were further strained after the latter acted in a haughty manner after Acre had fallen.
Philip II Augustus died 14 July 1223 at Mantes and was interred in Saint Denis Basilica. Philip's son by Isabelle de Hainaut, Louis VIII, was his successor.


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65601035/philippe_ii-augustus-of_france

Philippe married Queen Isabelle de Hainaut on 28 Apr 1180. Isabelle (daughter of Count Baldwin V de Hainaut and Countess Marguerite I of Flanders) was born on 23 Apr 1170 in Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 15 Mar 1190; was buried in Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philippe married Agnes de Maranie in Jun 1196. Agnes was born about 1180. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

of Salisbury

Family/Spouse: Ela FitzPatrick. Ela was born about 1170. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Accession: 14 Jul 1223; King of France

Notes:

Louis VIII the Lion, was the son of Philip II Augustus, King of the Franks and Isabelle of Hainaut. Louis was the King of France from 1223 to 1226 and a member of the house of Capet, as he was a direct descendant of Hughes Capet circa 940–996.

His mother died in 1190, giving birth to twins sons, and Louis inherited her dowry and the title of Count of Artois, which he held until his father died, and the title reverted to the crown when Louis became King of France in 1223.

After lengthy negotiations between his father, Phillip, King of France and John Lackland, King of England, and as a condition of the Treaty of Le Goulet between these two, Louis was married on 23 May 1200, at the age of 12, to Richard's sister's daughter, Blanche of Castile, also 12 at the time and born in Spain. Her grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitane, would cross the Pyrenees, bringing the girl from Spain to France. The marriage was finally consummated in 1205 and Blanche would bear the first of thirteen children.

When the English Barons rebelled against King John Lackland of England, they offered the throne to Louis, who was able to land at the Isle of Thanet with an army in May of 1216 and march to London with very little resistance. There, Louis was proclaimed king by his supporters, including King Alexander II of Scotland. Louis captured Winchester in June, but when King John died in October, the barons turned their favors to John's son, Henry III, even thought he was only nine years old. English forces led by William Marshall finally forced Louis to the Treaty of Lambeth in September of 1217, Louis promising not to attack England, agreeing that he really never was king, and Louis was given a compensation of 10,000 marks.

King Philip died on July 14, 1223, Louis was coronated August 6th at the cathedral at Reims. Louis would continue to battle his father's enemies, resulting in the capture of Avignon and Languedoc, yet he reversed his father's ruling of usury for Jews, creating havoc for both the church and the barons who were in disagreement as some were profiting from the lending. The conflicts would continue until Louis's death on November 8th, 1226 during his travels from the chateau at Montpensier, Puy-de-Dome Auvergne back to Paris. His son, Louis IX succeeded him on the throne.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66211839/louis_viii-capet

Family/Spouse: Blanche. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Henri I de Brabant on 22 Apr 1213 in Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France. Henri was born in 1165 in Brabant, Belgium; died on 5 Sep 1235 in K. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Baron Robert de Ros. Robert was born in ca 1182; died in 1226. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Chamberlain Aubrey II de Vere. Aubrey (son of Audrey I de Vere) was born est 1090 in England; died on 15 May 1141. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Adeliz le Meschin. Adeliz (daughter of Earl Ranulph III of Chester) was born est 1100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]