Louis IX of France Capet

  General Notes:

Born: 25 Apr 1214-1215, Poissy, France
Marriage: Marguerite of Provence Berenger on 27 May 1234
Died: 25 Aug 1270, near Tunis at age 56
Another name for Louis was Saint Louis.
General Notes:
Also called SAINT LOUIS, king of France from 1226 to 1270, the most popular of the Capetian monarchs. He led the Seventh Crusade to the Holy Land in 1248-50 and died on another crusade to Tunisia. Early life.Louis was the fourth child of King Louis VIII and his queen, Blanche of Castile, but, since the first three died at an early age, Louis, who was to have seven more brothers and sisters, became heir to the throne. He was raised with particular care by his parents, especially his mother. Experienced horsemen taught him riding and the fine points of hunting. Tutors taught him biblical history, geography, and ancient literature. His mother instructed him in religion herself and educated him as a sincere, unbigoted Christian. Louis was a boisterous adolescent, occasionally seized by fits of temper, which he made efforts to control. When his father succeeded Philip II Augustus in 1223, the long struggle between the Capetian dynasty and the Plantagenets of England (who still had vast holdings in France) was still not settled, but there was a temporary lull, since the English king, Henry III, was in no position to resume the war. In the south of France the Albigensian heretics, who were in revolt against both church and state, had not been brought under control. Finally, there was ferment and the threat of revolt among the great nobles, who had been kept in line by the firm hand of Philip Augustus. Louis VIII managed to bring these external and internal conflicts to an end. In 1226 Louis VIII turned his attention to quelling the Albigensian revolt, but he unfortunately died at Montpensier on Nov. 8, 1226, on returning from a victorious expedition. Louis IX, who was not yet 13, became king under the regency of his redoubtable mother.Feast day August 25.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: King of France, 1226, Reims, France.
• Canonized: 11 Aug 1297.
Louis married Marguerite of Provence Berenger, daughter of Raymond V of Provence Berenger and Beatrice de Savoie, on 27 May 1234. (Marguerite of Provence Berenger was born in 1221 in St. Main and died on 21 Dec 1295 in Paris, France.)
Marriage Notes:
Louis married on May 27, 1234, Marguerite de Provence (1221 - December 21, 1295), the sister of Eleanor, the wife of Henry III.Their children were:Blanche - (1240 - April 29, 1243) Isabelle - (March 2, 1241 - January 28, 1271) Louis - (February 25, 1244 - January 1260) Philippe III - (May 1, 1245 - October 5, 1285) Jean - (born and died in 1248) Jean Tristan - (1250 - August 3, 1270) Pierre - (1251 - 1284) Blanche - (1253 - 1323) Marguerite - (1254 - 1271) Robert - (1256 - February 7, 1317) Agnès - (c. 1260 - December 19, 1327).<../Sources.htm>

Louis married Marguerite of Provence Berenger, daughter of Raymond V of Provence Berenger and Beatrice de Savoie, on 27 May 1234. (Marguerite of Provence Berenger was born in 1221 in St Main and died on 21 Dec 1295 in Paris, France.)