Louis Louis, VII, King of France, had reference number 101-25. He, son of
Louis VI Louis, King of France, and
ADELAIDE of Savoy, was born about 1120 in Paris, de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France, 48.93556; 2.3597222
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2 . [BOLD:]Louis VII,[:BOLD] byname Louis The Younger, French Louis Le Jeune (born [ITAL:]c.[:ITAL] 1120—died Sept. 18, 1180, [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]Paris[:COLOR][:UND]), Capetian king of France who pursued a long rivalry, marked by recurrent warfare and continuous intrigue, with [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]Henry II[:COLOR][:UND] of England.
In 1131 Louis was anointed as successor to his father, [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]Louis VI[:COLOR][:UND], and in 1137 he became the sole ruler at his father’s death. Louis married Eleanor, daughter of William X, duke of Aquitaine, in 1137, a few days before his effective rule began, and he thus temporarily extended the Capetian lands to the Pyrenees. Louis continued his father’s pacification program by building the prestige of the kingship through an administrative [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]government[:COLOR][:UND] based on trustworthy men of humble origin and by consolidating his rule over his royal domains rather than by adding new acquisitions. From 1141 to 1143 he was involved in a fruitless conflict with Count Thibaut of [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]Champagne[:COLOR][:UND] and the papacy. But thereafter his relations with the popes were good; [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]Alexander[:COLOR][:UND] II, whom he supported against Frederick Barbarossa, took refuge in France. But the major threat to his reign came from [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]Geoffrey[:COLOR][:UND], count of Anjou and, briefly, of [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]Normandy[:COLOR][:UND], and Geoffrey’s son Henry, who later (1154) became King [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]Henry II[:COLOR][:UND] of England as well as ruler of both Anjou and Normandy. After Louis repudiated his wife Eleanor for misconduct on March 21, 1152, she married Henry, who then took over control of Aquitaine. Ironically, this act was probably to Capetian advantage because Aquitaine might have drained the resources of Louis’s kingdom while bringing him little revenue. After the death of Louis’s second wife, he married Alix of Champagne, whose Carolingian blood brought added prestige to the [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]monarchy[:COLOR][:UND] (1160); their son became [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]Philip II[:COLOR][:UND] Augustus.
Louis might have defeated Henry if he had made concerted attacks rather than weak assaults on Normandy in 1152. Anglo-Norman family disputes saved Louis’s kingdom from severe incursions during the many conflicts that Louis had with Henry between 1152 and 1174. Louis was helped by the quarrel (1164–70) between Henry and Thomas Becket, [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]archbishop of Canterbury[:COLOR][:UND], and a revolt (1173–74) of Henry’s sons. [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]Suger[:COLOR][:UND], abbot of [UND:][COLOR:0,0,255,255,255,255]Saint-Denis[:COLOR][:UND], who acted as regent in 1147–49 while Louis was away on the Second Crusade, is the primary historian for Louis’s reign.
[Pf] served as King of [m] between 1137 and 1180. [m2].
1 Louis Louis, VII, King of France, age ~17 married
Eleanor of Aquitaine age ~13, daughter of
William VIII Count of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine, and
Eleanor de CHATELLERAULT, on 25 July 1137.
2 Louis Louis, VII, King of France, and
Eleanor of Aquitaine were divorced in 1152.
Louis Louis, VII, King of France, married
Constance de Castille, daughter of
Alfonso, VII of Castille,, in 1154 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France, 47.9025; 1.90889
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2 Constance de Castille, the wife of [S], died [d] at [a] years of age. [m1].
2,3 Louis Louis, VII, King of France, married
Adele de Blois-Champagne on 13 November 1160 in Paris, de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France, 48.93556; 2.3597222
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2 Louis Louis, VII, King of France, died on 18 September 1180 in Saint-Pont, Allier, Auvergne, France, 46.165;3.298
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2 He was buried in Basilica of St Denis, Paris, de Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France
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2 Find a Grave Memorial # is. 21090.
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