King of the Franks Louis Capet, VI

King of the Franks Louis Capet, VI

Male 1081 - 1137  (55 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  King of the Franks Louis Capet, VI was born on 1 Dec 1081 in Paris, Île-de-France, France (son of King of the Franks Philippe Capet, I and Bertha de Hainault); died on 1 Aug 1137 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: the Fat
    • _ORDI: 96th great grandson of Adam and Eve
    • _MILT: 1108; Almost all of his twenty-nine-year reign was spent fighting either the "robber barons" who plagued Paris or the Norman kings of England for their continental possession of Normandy

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Basilica of Saint Denis

    Died:
    Bethizy Castle

    Louis married Queen Consort Adélaïde de Savoie in Apr 1115 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Adélaïde (daughter of Count of Savoy Umberto de Savoy, II and Marchioness of Montferrat Gisela de Burgundy) was born in 1092 in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 18 Nov 1154 in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. King of France Louis Capet, VII was born in 1120 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
    2. Constance Capet was born in 1124 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 16 Aug 1176 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France.
    3. Peter de Courtenay, I was born in Sep 1126 in France; died on 10 Apr 1183 in Israel; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  King of the Franks Philippe Capet, I was born on 23 May 1053 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France (son of Duke of Burgundy and King of the Franks Henri Capet, I and Queen of France, Grand Duchess of Kiev Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna); died on 29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Loiret, Centre, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: the Amourous
    • _ORDI: 95th great grandson of Adam and Eve
    • _MILT: 1077; he made peace with William the Conqueror, who gave up attempting the conquest of Brittany
    • Religion: 1094; He was first excommunicated by Hugh of Die, and after a long silence, Pope Urban II repeated the excommunication at the Council of Clermont in November 1095

    Philippe married Bertha de Hainault in 1072 in Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Bertha (daughter of Count Floris of Holland, I and Gertrude de Saxony) was born in 1054 in Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 30 Jul 1093 in Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Bertha de Hainault was born in 1054 in Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (daughter of Count Floris of Holland, I and Gertrude de Saxony); died on 30 Jul 1093 in Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Philip repudiated Bertha (claiming she was too fat) so he could marry Bertrade

    Children:
    1. 1. King of the Franks Louis Capet, VI was born on 1 Dec 1081 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 1 Aug 1137 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Duke of Burgundy and King of the Franks Henri Capet, I was born on 4 May 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France (son of King of the Franks Robert Capet, II and Constance True d'Arles de Provence); died on 4 Aug 1060 in Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith
    • _MILT: Henri joined his brother Robert, with the support of their mother, in a revolt against his father
    • _ORDI: 94th great grandson of Adam and Eve

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Basilica of Saint Denis

    Henri married Queen of France, Grand Duchess of Kiev Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna on 19 May 1051 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Anna (daughter of Grand Prince of Rus Prince Yaroslav of Kiev, I and Princess of Sweden Ingrid Olafsdotter) was born in 1036 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; died on 5 Sep 1075 in Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Villers-la-Ville, Brabant Wallon, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Queen of France, Grand Duchess of Kiev Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna was born in 1036 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine (daughter of Grand Prince of Rus Prince Yaroslav of Kiev, I and Princess of Sweden Ingrid Olafsdotter); died on 5 Sep 1075 in Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Villers-la-Ville, Brabant Wallon, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Religion: 1062; Raised Eastern Orthodox, but founded St Vincent Abbey in Senlis after the death of Henri

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (Villiers Abbey)

    Notes:

    Married:
    Cathedral of Rheims

    Children:
    1. Count of Vermandois Hugh Capet, II was born in 1057 in France; died on 18 Oct 1102 in Mersin, Turkey.
    2. 2. King of the Franks Philippe Capet, I was born on 23 May 1053 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Loiret, Centre, France.

  3. 6.  Count Floris of Holland, I was born in 1017 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 28 Jun 1061 in Gelderland, Netherlands.

    Floris married Gertrude de Saxony. Gertrude was born in 1028 in Bavaria, Germany; died on 4 Aug 1113 in Hesse, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Gertrude de Saxony was born in 1028 in Bavaria, Germany; died on 4 Aug 1113 in Hesse, Germany.
    Children:
    1. 3. Bertha de Hainault was born in 1054 in Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 30 Jul 1093 in Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  King of the Franks Robert Capet, II was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France (son of Count of Paris - King of the Franks Hugh Capet and Queen of the Franks Adelaide de Aquitaine); died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: the Pious
    • Religion: a very devout Catholic, advocating forced conversions of local Jewry, as well as mob violence against Jews who refused, and reinstated the Roman imperial custom of burning heretics at the stake
    • _ORDI: 93rd great grandson of Adam and Eve
    • _MILT: 1031; His sons turned against him in a civil war over power and property

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Basilica of Saint Denis

    Died:
    died in the middle of the war with his sons

    Robert married Constance True d'Arles de Provence in 1001. Constance (daughter of Margrave William de Provence, I and Queen Consort of Aquitaine Adelaide-Blanche de Anjou) was born on 27 Mar 985 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 25 Jul 1032 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Constance True d'Arles de Provence was born on 27 Mar 985 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (daughter of Margrave William de Provence, I and Queen Consort of Aquitaine Adelaide-Blanche de Anjou); died on 25 Jul 1032 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.

    Notes:

    Married:
    In 1010 King Robert II went to Rome to secure an annulment from Constance. Pope Sergius IV, a friend to the Angevin counts, upheld the marriage and additionally upheld Adelaide's struggle to maintain control of lands at Montmajour Abbey

    Children:
    1. 4. Duke of Burgundy and King of the Franks Henri Capet, I was born on 4 May 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 4 Aug 1060 in Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.
    2. Countess of Flanders and Normandy Saint Adela Capet was born in 1003 in France; died on 8 Jan 1079 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France; was buried in Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

  3. 10.  Grand Prince of Rus Prince Yaroslav of Kiev, I was born in 976 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine (son of Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Kiev Saint Vladimir Sviatoslavich, I and Rogneida 'Anastasia' de Polotsk); died on 20 Feb 1054 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; was buried in Kyiv, Ukraine.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: the Wise
    • Title: Prince of Rostov and Prince of Novgorod
    • _MILT: Yaroslav waged a complicated and bloody war for Kiev against his half-brother Sviatopolk, who was supported by his father-in-law, Duke Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland. During the course of this struggle, several other brothers (Boris, Gleb, and Svyatoslav) w

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (Saint Sophia Cathedral)

    Prince married Princess of Sweden Ingrid Olafsdotter in Feb 1019. Ingrid was born in 1001 in Uppsala, Sweden; died on 18 Feb 1050 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; was buried in Kyiv, Ukraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Princess of Sweden Ingrid Olafsdotter was born in 1001 in Uppsala, Sweden; died on 18 Feb 1050 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; was buried in Kyiv, Ukraine.
    Children:
    1. 5. Queen of France, Grand Duchess of Kiev Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna was born in 1036 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; died on 5 Sep 1075 in Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Villers-la-Ville, Brabant Wallon, Belgium.