Kings of France #2

1. Alix De Courtenay, Countess of Angouleme: Born about 1160, of Courtenay, Galinois, France; Died 1218, France; Married 1180, Angouleme, Aquitaine, France; Aymer De Taillefer, Count of Angouleme: Born about 1160, of Angouleme, Charente-Maritim, France; Died 1218, L'Abbey La Couro, France. (See Counts of Anjouleme)

2. Pierre, Prince of France, Seigneur de Courtenay: Born about 1126/1128, Reims, Marne, France; Died 1183, Palestine; Married 1168, France; Isabelle (Elizabeth) De Courtenay: Born about 1148, Courteney, Loiret, France; Died after 14 September 1205, France.

Isabelle's Parents--

• I. Renaud (Reginald) Seigneur De Courtenay: Born about 1100, of Courtenay, Loiret, France; Died after 1161, France; Married before 1127; Hawise De Donjon: Born about 1113, Donjon, Allier, France. (See Lutterell)

Pierre's Parents--

3. Louis VI "the Fat", King of France: Born 1081, France; Died 1 August 1137, Bethizy Castle, Paris, Seine, France; Married April 1115, Paris, Seine, France; Alix (Adelaide), Countess of Savoy, Queen of France: Born about 1092, of Savoie, France; Died 18 November 1154. Louis VI succeeded his father, Philip I, as King of France in 1108. As early as 1100, however, he had begun to take over the military leadership of the monarchy from his aging and lethargic father. During this period the French princes were virtually independent, and the King had effective power only in the royal domain consisting essentially of the Ile-de-France. Even this region was infested with unruly Barons who used their castles as bases from which to terrorize the Countryside, plunder churches, and disrupt transportation. In 30 years of almost constant fighting, Louis VI, with strong support from the clergy, forced these Barons to accept his discipline, won the respect of the princes, and laid the foundations for the future growth in monarchical power. Although not an eager supporter of church reform, Louis had good relations with the popes, one of whom was his wife's uncle. He held his own against such dangerous and powerful neighbors as the Duke of Normandy, who was Henry I of England, and the Count of Blois. He also led an army that repelled a German invasion in 1124, although he was less successful when he tried to intervene in Flanders in 1127. In the latter years he reduced the power of the Garlande family, which had sought to dominate the royal administration, and thereafter his main advisors were Raoul, Count of Vermandois, and Suger, abbot of Saint-Denis, who became his biographer. Shortly before Louis's death in 1137, Eleanor of Aquitaine became his ward and married his son and successor, Louis VII.

Alix's Parents--

• I. Humbert II, Count of Maurienne and Savoy, Marquis of Turin: Born about 1062, of Savoie, France; Died 17 October 1103; Married 1090; Gisela (Gille), Countess of Burgundy and Ivrea: Born about 1060, of Bourgogne, France; Died 1133. (See Counts of Savoy)

Louis' Parents--

4. Philip I, King of France: Born before 23 May 1052/1053, Reims, Marne, France; Died 29 July 1108, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France; Married 1071/1072, France; Bertha Countess of Holland, Queen of France: Born about 1054, of Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; Died 1093/1094, Montreuil-sur-Lo, Maine-et-Loire, France. Philip I was King of France from 1060 to 1108. He was 8 years old when he succeeded his father, Henry I. For 7 years he was under the guardianship of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, and was unable to interfere with the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Philip ruled only a very small part of France, and even there some of the castellans defied and embarrassed him. He was in constant trouble with the church because of a bigamous marriage, resistance to church reform, and slothful, sensual behavior. After 1100 his son Louis VI gradually took over the government.

Philip's Parents--

• I. Henry I, King of France: (See Kings of France) Born 1006, of Reims, France; Died 4 August 1060, Vitry, Brie, France; Married 29 January 1050, France; Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna, Princess of Kiev, Queen of France: (See Grand Princes of Kiev) Born 1036, of Kiev, Ukraine; Died 1076/1089, France.

Bertha's Parents--

5. Floris I, Count of Holland: Born about 1017, of Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands; Died 28 June 1061, Murdered Near Ne, Gelderland, Netherlands; Married about 1050; Gertrud, Princess of Saxony: Born about 1028, of Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria; Died 4 August 1113. (See Dukes of Saxony #2)

6. Dirk III, Count of Holland: Born about 981, of Gand, Flandre-Oriental, Belgium; Died 27 May 1039; Married Otehilde, Princess of Germany: Born about 993, of Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria; Died 9 March 1044.

Otehilde's Parents--

• I. Otto II (Rufus), Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Germans: Born 955, of Saxony, Germany; Died 7 December 983. (See Kings of Poland)

Dirk's Parents--

7. Arnulf, Count of Holland: Born about 935, of Gand, Flandre Oriental, Belgium; Died 18 September 993; Married August 980; Liutgard, Countess of Luxembourg: Born about 963, of Bruxelles, Brabant, Belgium; Died after 14 May 995.

Luitgarde's Parents--

• I. Siegfried, Count of Luxembourg: Born about 918, of Luxembourg; Died 28 October 998; Married Hedwig, Countess of Luxembourg: Born about 923, of Luxembourg. (See Counts of Luxembourg)

Arnulf's Parents--

8. Dietrich II, Count of Friesland and Ghand: Born about 905, of Egmond-Binnen, Noord Holland, Netherlands; Died 6 May 988; Married Hildegard, Countess of Flanders: Born about 934, of Gand, Flandre Oriental, Belgium; Died 10 April 990.

Hildegard's Parents--

• I. Arnulph I "The Old", Count of Flanders: Born about 889, of Flanders, France; Died 27 March 964; Married 932/934, of Flanders, Belgium; Adele (Alice, Alix) De Vermandois, Countess of Flanders: Born about 910/915, of Vermandois, Normandy, France; Died 10 October 958/960, Bruges. (See Counts of Flanders)

Dietrich's Parents--

9. Dirk I, Count of Holland: Born about 875, of Noordwijk-Bin, Zuid Holland, Neth.; Died 6 October 939; Married Geva, Countess of Holland: Born about 879, of Egmond Binnen, Noord Holland, Netherlands; Died 11 January Egmond-Binnen, Noord Holland, Netherlands.

10. Gerulf, Count of Friesland: Born about 845, of Netherlands.