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Louis was born in 1120, [1] the second son of Louis VI of France and Adelaide of Maurienne. [2] The early education of the young Louis anticipated an ecclesiastical career. As a result, he became well learned and exceptionally devout, but his life course changed decisively after the accidental death of his older brother Philip in 1131, when Louis unexpectedly became the heir to the throne of ...
Constance of Castile (1136 or 1140 – 4 October 1160) [1] was Queen of France as the second wife of Louis VII, who married her following the annulment of his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine. [2] She was a daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Berengaria of Barcelona, [3] but her year of birth is not known.
Born 4 October 1160, [1] Alys was the daughter of Louis VII, King of France and his second wife, Constance of Castile. [2] She was the half-sister of Marie and Alix of France, Louis's children by Eleanor of Aquitaine, and the younger sister of Margaret of France.
Louis VI 1081–1137 King of the Franks r. 1108–1137: Louis VII 1120–1180 King of the Franks r. 1137–1180: Philip II Augustus 1165–1223 King of France r. 1180–1223: Louis VIII 1187–1226 King of France r. 1223–1226: Louis IX 1214–1270 King of France r. 1226–1270 House of Bourbon: Philip III 1245–1285 King of France r. 1270 ...
France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow until her ...
When Louis VII's second wife, Constance of Castile, died in childbirth in 1160, he was devastated and became convinced that he would die young as well, fearing that the country would fall into chaos as he had no male heir. As he was desperate for a son, King Louis married 20-year-old Adela of Champagne five weeks later, on 13 November 1160.
It served as a hunting lodge and summer residence for many of the French monarchs, including Louis VII, Francis I, Henry II, Louis-Philippe, Napoleon I, and Napoleon III. Though the monarchs only resided there for a few months of the year, they gradually transformed it into a genuine palace, filled with art and decoration.
Louis VII (c. 1368 – 1 May 1447), called the Bearded (German: Ludwig der Bärtige) was the Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1413 until 1443. He was a son of Duke Stephen III and Taddea Visconti . [ 1 ]