Roy Louis de France, IX, 'the Saint'

1214 - 1270  (56 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Louis de France
  Prefix	Roy
  Suffix	IX, 'the Saint'
  Birth	25 Apr 1214	Poissy
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Aug 1270	Tunis, Tūnisīyah
  Siblings	11 Siblings
  1. NN de France,   b. 1205   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Philippe de France,   b. 9 Sep 1209   d. Jul 1218  (Age 8 years) ▻ Comtesse Agnes de Donzy,  m. 8 Sep 1217   3. NN de France,   b. 1213   d. 1213  (Age 0 years)   4. NN de France,   b. 1213   d. 1213  (Age 0 years) + 5. Roy Louis de France, IX, 'the Saint',   b. 25 Apr 1214, Poissy d. 25 Aug 1270, Tunis, Tūnisīyah  (Age 56 years) ▻ Margaretha de Provence,  m. 27 May 1234 + 6. Comte Robert I d' Artois,   b. Sep 1216   d. 9 Feb 1250, Manssura, Egypt  (Age 33 years) ▻ Mahaut van Brabant,  m. 14 Jun 1237   7. Jean de France,   b. 1219   d. 1228  (Age 9 years)   8. Comte Alphons III de Poitiers,   b. 1220   d. 1271  (Age 51 years) ▻ Jeanne de Toulouse,  m. 1241   9. Philippe-Dagobert de France,   b. 1221   d. 1232  (Age 11 years)   10. Etienne de France,   b. 1222-1224   d. 1225  (Age 1 year)   11. Isabelle de France,   b. 1225   d. 1270  (Age 45 years) + 12. Re Carlo I d' Anjou,   b. 1226   d. 7 Jan 1285  (Age 59 years) ▻ Beatrix de Provence,  m. 1246 ;   Comtesse Marguerite de Bourgogne,  m. 1268
  Person ID	I7613	Geneagraphie | Voorouders HW, Ahnen BvS
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	Roy Louis de France, VIII, "le Lion",   b. 5 Sep 1187, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 8 Nov 1226, Montpensier (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Blanche de Castilla,   b. 4 Mar 1188, Palencia d. 27 Sep 1252, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1200	Pont-Audemer, Normandie, France
  Family ID	F3433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaretha de Provence,   b. 1221, St.Maime nr.Forcalquier d. 21 Dec 1295, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1234	Sens
  Children	1. Blanche de France,   b. 1240   d. 1243 (Age 3 years)   2. Isabella de France,   b. 1242   d. 1271 (Age 29 years)   3. Louis de France,   b. 1244   d. 1260 (Age 16 years) + 4. Roy Philippe de France, III, "le Hardi",   b. 1 May 1245, Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. 5 Oct 1285, Perpignan (Age 40 years)   5. Jean de France,   b. 1247   d. 1248 (Age 1 year)   6. Comte Jean-Tristan de Valois,   b. 1250   d. 1270 (Age 20 years) + 7. Pierre de France,   b. 1251   d. 1284 (Age 33 years) + 8. Blanche de France,   b. 1253   d. 17 Jun 1320 (Age 67 years)   9. Marguerite de France,   b. 1254   d. 1271 (Age 17 years) + 10. Comte Robert de Clermont,   b. 1256   d. 7 Feb 1318 (Age 62 years) + 11. Agnes de France,   b. 1260   d. 1327 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F3429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

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  King of France (1226-1270). Louis IX, son of, and successor to, Louis VIII the Lion, mounted the throne of France at the age of twelve. Initially, he reigned under the control of his mother, Blanche of Castile, who was confronted by a coalition of major vassals led by Peter Mauclerc, Count of Brittany. She succeeded in defeating him in 1234 after several campaigns while Louis IX himself put down a revolt on the part of noblemen sup­ported by King Henry III of England in 1230. Under the terms of the Treaty of Meaux (1229), the regent ended that war against the Albigensians and prepared for the annexation of the County of Toulouse to the Crown (through the marriage of her other son, Alphonse, with the heiress to the County of Toulouse in l 241). Louis IX was proclaimed to have reached the age of majority in 1234 but he left his mother to continue governing the country and, that same year, she married him to Margaret of Provence. A further revolt by a leading vassal, Hugh of Lusiganan, in 1241 re-opened hostilities between France and England. Henry III landed on the continent in 1242 but was defeated by Louis IX in Taillebourg and Saintes. A five­year truce was agreed the following year. First and foremost, however, the King of France sought a fair, long-lasting peace with England. He signed the Treaty of Paris with Henry III in 1258. Under it, the monarchs made reciprocal territorial conces­sions (the King of England waived his claims to the lands lost since the reign of Philip Augustus and the King of France gave him the Limousin, Quercy and Perigord regions). In the same vein, Louis IX signed the Treaty of Corbeil with Jaime I of Aragon during the same year. As far as domestic policy was concerned, Louis IX's reign was marked by his desire for order and justice (private warfare and duelling were prohibited, royal investigators were sent out to monitor the affairs of bailiffs, there were numerous ordinances aimed at reforming the kingdom, a par­liament was set up and monetary reform was undertaken). France then became highly influential throughout Europe on an ethical, intellectual and artistic level. All these measures underlined a strengthening of royal power. The monarchy was to be at the service of all since it was often the people's only effective safeguard against the disorders of the feudal system. Louis IX was a sovereign with a fervent Christian faith and, after a serious illness, he made a promise to take part in a cru­sade. He participated in the last two crusades to the Holy Land. During the first one, he was absent from his kingdom for six years, from 1248 to 1254, leaving his mother and, later, his brothers, to govern. It was, though, a failure. He was even held prisoner in Egypt in 1250 before spending several years in Syria organising the fortification of French strongholds. During the second crusade, in 1270, Louis IX did not lead the expeditionary forces very far - he died of plague during an epidemic off Tunis. He was canonised in 1297. He was succeeded by his son, Philip III the Bold, since his elder son, Louis, had died in 1260. "de heilige"