Louis VI, King of France

1081 - 1137  (56 years)

• Name	Louis VI
  Nickname	le Gros
  Birth	Fall of 1081  [2, 3]
  Crowned	1108 (27 years)  [1]
  He was crowned the King of France in 1108.
  Reign	From 1108 to 1137 (27 years)  [1]
  King of France (House of Capet)
  Military	say 1120 (39 years)  [1]
  He was a crusader.
  Death	1 Aug 1137	Château-Bethizy, Paris, Île-de-France, France (no longer exists)   [1, 2]
  Burial	Aft 1 Aug 1137	Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France   [1]
  	Tomb of Louis VI
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Louis VI, King of France,   b. Fall of 1081   d. 1 Aug 1137, Château-Bethizy, Paris, Île-de-France, France (no longer exists)  (Age 56 years) ▻ Adelaide of Maurienne,  m. 1115 ;   + 2. Constance of France, Princess of France,   b. About 1078   d. Between 1124 and 1126  (Age 46 years) ▻ Bohémond I, Prince of Antoch,  m. 1106
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Charibert   d. After 636  (14 x Great Grandfather)  Gerberga of Henneburg  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3145	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Stuart (2002) gives his birth as 1081 in Herbst, France. [1]

  
  

Father	Philip I, King of France,   b. 23 May 1052   d. 30 Jul 1108, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (Age 56 years)
Mother	Bertha of Holland,   b. About 1055   d. 1093, Montreuil-sur-Mer, Hauts-de-France, France (Age 38 years)
Family ID	F2539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner 1	Adelaide of Maurienne,   b. 1092   d. 18 Nov 1154 (Age 62 years)
Marriage	1115  [1, 2, 3]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 34 years - She : ~ 23 years.
Notes	Marriage Date: von Redlich (1941) gives their marriage date as about 1120. [3]
Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
+   1. Louis VII, King of France,   b. 1120   d. 18 Sep 1180, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 60 years) ▻ Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine  m. 25 Jul 1137;   Constance of Castile  m. 1153/54;   Adelaide of Blois  m. 13 Nov 1160 +   2. Robert I, Count of Dreux, Perche and Braine,   b. About 1123   d. 11 Oct 1188, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France (Age 65 years) ▻ Agnes de Garlande  m. Between 1139 and 1141;   Hawise of Salisbury  m. 1145;   Agnès de Baudément, Countesss of Braine-sur-Vesle  m. 1152 +   3. Peter of France, Prince of France,   b. About 1126, Courtenay, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France d. 10 Apr 1183 (Age 57 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Elizabeth de Courtenay  m. After 1150 +   4. Maud, Princess of France  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Conan, Duke of Brittany
Family ID	F2213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	26 Jan 2022




Spouse / Partner 2
Children	+   1. Constance,   b. France  [Father: Natural] ▻ Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne  m. Feb 1140
Family ID	F2538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	26 Jan 2022




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Louis VI, King of France(1081 – 1137) 2Philip I, King of France(1052 – 1108) 4Henry I, King of France(1008 – 1060) 8Robert II, King of France(972 – 1031) 16Hugh Capet, King of France(941 – 996) 17Adelainde of Poitou(945 – Abt 1004) 9Constance of Arles(986 – 1032) 18William I, Count of Provence and Arles(955 – 994) 19Adelaide of Anjou(942 – 1026) 5Anne of Kiev(1036 – 1075) 10Jaroslaw I Wladimiroswtsch, Grand Prince of Kiev(978 – 20 Feb 1053/54) 20Saint Vladimir I Swjatoslawitsch, Grand Prince of Kiev, and Duke of Novgorod(955 – 1015) 21Rognieda of Polotsk(956 – 1000) 11Ingegard of Sweden, Princess of Sweden(Abt 1001 – 1050) 22Olaf III, King of Sweden( – winter 1021/1022) 23Astrid(Abt 979 – ) 3Bertha of Holland(1055 – 1093) 6Florenz I, Count of Holland and West Friesland( – 1061) 12Dietrich III, Count of Holland( – 1039) 24Arnulf I, Count of West Friesland and Ghent( – 993) 25Luitgarde of Luxemburg( – 1005) 13Othelendis( – 1044) 26Bernard I, Margrave of the Saxon Nordmark, Count in North Thuringia 27daughter of St. Vladimir I 7Gertrude of Saxony(Abt 1030 – 1113) 14Bernard II, Duke of Saxony(Abt 995 – 1059) 28Bernard I Billung, Duke of Saxony(Abt 940 – 1011) 29Hildegarde von Stade(976 – 1011) 15Elica von Schweinfort( – 1055) 30Henry von Schweinfurt, Margrave in the Nordgau(975 – 1017) 31Gerberga of Henneburg

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 1 Aug 1137 - Château-Bethizy, Paris, Île-de-France, France (no longer exists) Burial - Aft 1 Aug 1137 - Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Louis VI "the Fat"

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).