Countess Eremburge du Maine

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• Accession: 1110; Countess of Maine Lady of Château-du-Loir.

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Nobility. As a child she was betrothed to Geoffrey IV of Anjou who was two decades older than her. He died when she was about ten. A few years later she was married to his much younger brother Fulk. In 1110, she succeeded her father as Countess of Maine and Lady of Château-du-Loir. She gave birth to four children and was grandmother to Henry II of England. Her husband would later remarry and become King of Jerusalem.

Ermengarde (or Erembourg was the Countess of Maine and lady of Château-du-Loir from 1110 to 1126. She was the daughter of Elias I, Count of Maine, and Mathilda of Château-du-Loire, daughter of Gervais II. In 1109 she married the Angevin heir, Fulk V, called "Fulk the Younger". The marriage brought Maine under Angevin control, since she inherited the county from her father the following year and Fulk claimed it jure uxoris. Their son inherited both Maine and Anjou, uniting the two counties.

Family/Spouse: Fulk V of Anjou. Fulk (son of Foulques IV d'Anjou and Bertrade de Montfort) was born in 1092; died on 10 Nov 1143 in Acre, Northern District, Israel; was buried in Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count Thierry de Flandre. Thierry was born in 1099; died on 4 Feb 1168; was buried in Watten, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Accession: 1191; Countess of Flanders

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Royalty. Born the daughter of Thierry I of Flanders and Sibylle d'Anjou. She succeeded her brother Philippe in 1191 as Countess of Flanders. She was first married to Raoul II de Vermandois but the marriage was never consummated and they separated later, all due to his illness. In 1169 she married Baudouin de Hainaut whom she bore seven children.

Family/Spouse: Count Baldwin V de Hainaut. Baldwin (son of Count Baldwin IV de Hainaut and Countess Alix of Namur) was born in 1156 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 17 Dec 1195 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Collegiate Church of St. Waudru, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Accession: 29 May 1180, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; Queen of France

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Royalty. Born the eldest daughter of Baldwin V of Hainaut and Margaret I of Flanders. The marriage to Philipp II August was probably arranged by his adviser Philippe of Flanders and celebrated without the consent of his parents Adele de Champagne and Louis VII. His father was so ill at the time that he was unable to reign the kingdom. On May 29th, 1180 she was crowned in St. Denis and on September 19th, after the death of her father-in-law, she became queen. She gave birth to Louis in 1187 who would later succeed his father. She died after giving birth to twins. The two boys died a few days after their mother and were buried beside her.

Isabelle married King Philippe II Augustus Capet on 28 Apr 1180. Philippe (son of King Louis VII Capet and Queen Consort Adèle de Blois-Champagne) was born on 22 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Aug 1223 in Mantes, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Accession: 14 Jul 1223; King of France

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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]

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

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

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