Marriage and Issue
On 23 May 1200, at the age of twelve, Louis married Blanche of Castile (4 March 1188 – 26 November 1252).
- Blanche (1205–1206).
- Agnes (b. and d. 1207).
- Philip (9 September 1209 – July 1218), married (or only betrothed) in 1217 to Agnes of Donzy.
- Alphonse (b. and d. Lorrez-le-Bocage, 23 January 1213).
- John (b. and d. Lorrez-le-Bocage, 23 January 1213), twin of Alphonse.
- Louis IX (Poissy, 25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270, Tunis), King of France as successor to his father.
- Robert (25 September 1216 – 9 February 1250, killed in Battle of Al Mansurah, Egypt)
- Philip (2 January 1218–1220).
- John Tristan (21 July 1219–1232), Count of Anjou and Maine.
- Alphonse (Poissy, 11 November 1220 – 21 August 1271, Corneto), Count of Poitou and Auvergne, and by marriage, of Toulouse.
- Philip Dagobert (20 February 1222–1232).
- Isabelle (14 April 1225 – 23 February 1269).
- Charles Etienne (21 March 1226 – 7 January 1285), Count of Anjou and Maine, by marriage Count of Provence and Forcalquier, and King of Sicily.
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