Louis of France (1264–1276)

Louis
Born	c.1264 France
Died	c.1276 (age around 12) Château de Vincennes
House	Capet
Father	Philip III of France
Mother	Isabella of Aragon

French Monarchy
Direct Capetians
Hugh Capet
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu Hedwig, Countess of Mons Robert II
Robert II
Hedwig, Countess of Nevers Hugh Magnus, Rex Filius Henry I Adela, Countess of Flanders Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
Henry I
Philip I Hugh, Count of Vermandois
Philip I
Constance, Princess of Antioch Louis VI Cecile, Countess of Tripoli
Louis VI
Philip, Rex Filius Louis VII Henry, Archbishop of Reims Robert I, Count of Dreux Constance, Countess of Toulouse Philip, Archdeacon of Paris Peter I, Lord of Courtenay
Louis VII
Marie, Countess of Champagne Alix, Countess of Blois Marguerite, Queen of England and Hungary Alys, Countess of the Vexin Philip II Agnes, Byzantine Empress
Philip II
Louis VIII Marie, Duchess of Brabant Philip I, Count of Boulogne
Louis VIII
Louis IX Robert I, Count of Artois Alphonse, Count of Poitou and Toulouse Saint Isabelle Charles I of Naples and Sicily
Louis IX
Isabella, Queen of Navarre Louis of France Philip III John Tristan, Count of Valois Peter, Count of Perche and Alençon Blanche, Infanta of Castile Marguerite, Duchess of Brabant Robert, Count of Clermont Agnes, Duchess of Burgundy
Philip III
Louis of France Philip IV Charles, Count of Valois Louis, Count of Évreux Blanche, Duchess of Austria Margaret of France, Queen of England
Philip IV
Louis X Philip V Charles IV Isabella, Queen of England Grandchildren Edward III of England
Louis X
Joan II of Navarre John I
John I
Philip V
Joan III, Countess of Burgundy Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy Isabella, Dauphine of Viennois
Charles IV
Marie of France Blanche, Duchess of Orléans
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Louis of France (1264 – Château de Vincennes, before May 1276), was heir apparent to the French throne. He was the eldest son of King Philip III of France and his first wife, Isabella of Aragon.^[1]

Life[]

Louis had three younger brothers: Philip IV the Fair,^[2] Robert and Charles.^[3] His mother died in Calabria following a riding accident during her pregnancy with her fifth child, in 1270.^[4] At his death at the age of 12, his younger brother Philip, succeeded him as heir apparent.^[5]

Circumstances of his death[]

Following his death, Pierre de la Broce, Philip's chamberlain,^[6] accused Mary of Brabant, Philip's second wife, of poisoning Louis.^[1] By 1277, suspicion had fallen on Pierre de la Broce, who was then tried for treachery, and hanged at Montfaucon.^[1]

References[]

Sources[]

• Bradbury, Jim (2007). The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1328. Hambledon Continuum.
• Caciola, Nancy (2003). Discerning Spirits: Divine and Demonic Possession in the Middle Ages. Cornell University Press.
• Field, Sean L. (2019). Courting Sanctity: Holy Women and the Capetians. Cornell University Press.
• Warner, Kathryn (2017). Isabella of France: The Rebel Queen. Amberley Publishing.
• Woodacre, Elena (2013). The Queens Regnant of Navarre. Palgrave Macmillan.