Louis VII of France - Marriages and Children

Marriages and Children

Louis married three times. By Eleanor of Aquitaine, he had:

  • Marie (1145 – March 11, 1198), married Henry I of Champagne
  • Alix (1151–1197/1198), married Theobald V of Blois

By Constance of Castile:

  • Margaret (1158 – August/September 1197), married (1) Henry the Young King; (2) King Béla III of Hungary
  • Alys (4 October 1160 – ca. 1220), engaged to Richard I of England; she married William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu

By Adele of Champagne:

  • Philip II Augustus (22 August 1165 – 1223)
  • Agnes (1171 – after 1204), who was betrothed to Alexius II Comnenus (1180–1183) but married (1) Andronicus I Comnenus (1183–1185); (2) Theodore Branas (1204)

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