Old Dead Relatives

The genealogy of my extended family

Who's Your Daddy?
First Name
Last Name
King Louis CAPET, IX

King Louis CAPET, IX

Male 1214 - 1270  (56 years)

Personal Information    |    Media    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Louis CAPET 
    Prefix King 
    Suffix IX 
    Born 25 Apr 1214  Château de Poissy, Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Noteworthy St Louis 
    Occupation King of France 
    Died 25 Aug 1270  Tunis, Tunisia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Basilica of St Denis, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I40402  Main
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2017 

    Father King Louis CAPET, VIII,   b. 3 Sep 1187, Aquitaine, Geronde, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1226, Château de Montpensier, Auvergne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Queen Blanche ALPHONSA,   b. 23 May 1188, Palencia, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1252, Paris, Seine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 23 May 1200  Haute Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F28364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Queen Marguerite BERENGUER,   b. Apr 1221, Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1295, Aquitaine, Geronde, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married 27 May 1234  Sens, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. King Philip CAPET, III,   b. 1 May 1245, Château de Poissy, Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1285, Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
    +2. Agnes CAPET,   b. Abt 1260,   d. 19 Dec 1327, Chateau de Lantenay, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2017 
    Family ID F28353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    king-louis-ix
    king-louis-ix-2

  • Notes 
    • Louis was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the death of his father Louis VIII the Lion, although his mother, Blanche of Castile, ruled the kingdom until he reached maturity.

      Louis IX reformed French law, banned trials by ordeal, created presumption of innocence, created provosts and bailiffs. Punished blasphemy, gambling, interest-bearing loans, and prostitution. Expanded the scope of the Inquisition and ordered the burning of Talmuds.

      Took part in the 7th and 8th crusades, in which he caught dysentery and died. As Tunis was Muslim territory, his body was subject to the process known as mos Teutonicus (a postmortem funerary custom used in medieval Europe whereby the flesh was boiled from the body, so that the bones of the deceased could be transported hygienically from distant lands back home) for its transportation back to France. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IX_of_France#Death_and_legacy.


Notes

This website uses dates from the Gregorian calendar (New Style), unless otherwise noted.

For more information on dates, see Wikipedia: Old Style and New Style dates.

I strive to document my sources. However, some people and dates are best guesses and will be updated as new information is revealed. If you have something to add, please let me know.

Updated 23 Dec 2023