Louis VII "The Younger" CAPET, King Of France^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1120 - 1180  (60 years)

• Name	Louis VII "The Younger" CAPET  [5]
  Suffix	King Of France
  Nickname	The Younger
  Born	1120	Rheims, Champagne, France   [5]
  Gender	Male
  ACCEDED	1137  [5]
  FamilySearch ID	LZBY-5LP
  RULED	Between 1137 and 1180	King Of France   [5]
  Name	The Younger
  _UID	4D513476B8F04A8E86A7915F637946AEB56A
  Died	18 Sep 1180	Paris, Isle DE France, France   [5]
  Buried	19 Sep 1180	Abbey Barbeaux, Melun, France   [5]
  Person ID	I13620	Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Louis "The Fat" VI CAPET, King Of France,   b. 1 Dec 1081, Paris, ?le-de-France, France ,   d. 1 Aug 1137, Chateau de Bethizy, Sainte-Pierre, Oise, Picardie, France  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Alix (Adbelahide) Countess Of SAVOY, of Maurienne,   b. 18 Nov 1092, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France ,   d. 25 Nov 1154, Paris, ?le-de-France, France  (Age 62 years)
  Married	Apr 1115	Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France
  Family ID	F3063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Queen Eleanor De AQUITAINE,   b. 1121-1122, Chateau DE Belin, Bordeaux, Aquitaine ,   d. 31 Mar 1204, Poitiers, Poitou, Aquitaine  (Age 82 years)
  Married	25 Jul 1137	Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France   [3, 5]
  _STAT	1151
  Children	1. Agnes CAPET,   b. Abt 1138,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary (Marie) CAPET, Of France,   b. 1145, France ,   d. 11 Mar 1197-1198  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F6984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Queen Adelaide Alix De BLOIS,   b. Abt 1140, Blois Loir-Et-Cher, France ,   d. 4 Jun 1206, Paris, France  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1160	Blois Loir-Et-Cher, France   [3]
  Alt. Marriage	13 Nov 1160
  	Alt. Marriage
  Children	1. Princess Alice (Alix) CAPET,   b. Abt 1161, France ,   d. 1221  (Age ~ 60 years)   2. King Phillippe CAPET, Of France,   b. 22 Aug 1165, Gonesse (Near Paris), Seine, France ,   d. 14 Jul 1223, Mantes, Yvelines, France  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F7000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  King Louis VII The Younger Capet

  
  

• Notes

  byname LOUIS THE YOUNGER, French LOUIS LE JEUNE, Capetian king of France who pursued a long rivalry, marked by recurrent warfare and continuous intrigue, with Henry II of England. In 1131 Louis was anointed as successor to his father, Louis VI, 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 government 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 Champagne and the papacy. But thereafter his relations with the popes were good; Alexander II, whom he supported against Frederick Barbarossa, took refuge in France. But the major threat to his reign came from Geoffrey, count of Anjou and, briefly, of Normandy, and Geoffrey's son Henry, who later (1154) became King Henry II 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 monarchy (1160); their son became Philip II 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, archbishop of Canterbury, and a revolt (1173-74) of Henry's sons. Suger, abbot of Saint-Denis, who acted as regent in 1147-49 while Louis was away on the Second Crusade, is the primary historian for Louis's reign.

  
  

• Sources

  [S400] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998). [S392] David Weaver. [S10] GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged, Mark Willis Ballard 6928 N. Lakewood Avenue 773-743-6663 [email protected]. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA. [S76] John Howard, Duke.ged.