CAPET, Louis IX King of France

1214 - 1270  (56 years)

• Name	CAPET, Louis IX
  Suffix	King of France
  Born	25 Apr 1214
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Aug 1270
  Person ID	I5901	Laidman
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	CAPET, Louis VIII King of France,   b. 5 Sep 1187,   d. 8 Nov 1226  (Age 39 years)
  Mother	DE CASTILE, Blanche,   b. 4 Mar 1188,   d. 27 Nov 1252  (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F4276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DE PROVENCE, Marguerite,   b. 1221, Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France ,   d. 20 Dec 1295, Paris, Ile-de-France, France  (Age 74 years)
  Married	27 May 1234
  Children	1. CAPET, Philippe III King of France,   b. 30 Apr 1245,   d. 5 Oct 1285  (Age 40 years)   2. DE FRANCE, Agnes,   b. Abt 1260,   d. 19 Dec 1327  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F4275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death. He was also styled Louis II, Count of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was an eighth-generation descendant of Hugh Capet, and thus a member of the House of Capet, and the son of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile. He worked with the Parliament of Paris in order to improve the professionalism of his legal administration. He is the only canonised king of France; consequently, there are many places named after him, most notably St. Louis, Missouri; Île Saint-Louis in Paris; Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin and Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in the United States; São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil; and both the state and city of San Luis Potosí in Mexico.