Cook Family Ancestry Louis VIII the Lion of France Capet King of France [5587] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Louis VII the Younger Capet King of France [4560]
(Abt 1121-1180)

Adele of Champagne Queen consort of France [4642]
(Abt 1140-1206)

Baldwin V of Hainault Count of Hainault [5586]
(1150-1195)

Margaret I Countess of Flanders [7541]
(Abt 1145-1194)

Philip II Augustus of France Capet King of France [4643]
(1165-1223)

Isabella of Hainault Queen Consort of France [5585]
(1170-1190)

Louis VIII the Lion of France Capet King of France [5587]
(1187-1226)

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Spouses/Children:
Blanche of Castile [5588]

Louis VIII the Lion of France Capet King of France [5587] ²⁴

Born: 5 Sep 1187, Paris, France
Marriage: Blanche of Castile [5588] on 23 May 1200 in Normandy, France
Died: 8 Nov 1226, Auvergne, France at age 39
Buried: Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France

bullet General Notes:

Acceded 1223
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01741

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 1223.

Louis married Blanche of Castile [5588] [MRIN: 1804], daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile King of Castile [5589] and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen of Castilla [3914], on 23 May 1200 in Normandy, France. (Blanche of Castile [5588] was born in 1188 in Palencia and died on 27 Nov 1252 in Paris, France.)

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Louis VIII the Lion of France Capet King of France [5587] ²⁴