Louis VI "le Gros" Capet Roi des Francs

   Another name for Louis was Louis VI "the fat" or Louis "the Wide Awake."

  General Notes:

~ Weis's Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 96:28, 101:24, 117:24, 135:26, 169A:26, Louis VI, "the fat" King of France 1108-1137, son of Philipe I, King of France and his wife Bertha of Holand, crusader, married as his second wife, Adelaide of Savoy, daughter of Humbert II, count of Maurienne, Savoy and Turin, by Gisele of Burgundy, the daughter of William comté de Bourgogne. They were the parents of Louis VII, "the young" king of France who married Eleanor of Aquitaine: Pierre who married Isabella de Courtenay and became Pierre I de Courtenay; Robert I, comté de Dreux, married to Agnes de Baudemont; Counstance, wife of Eustace son of Stephen de Blois, King of England; ¹⁶⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference: From the Medieval Sourcebook: ife of King Louis the Fat .

• Web Reference: Louis VI "the fat" King of the Franks.

Louis married Adélaide de Maurienne, daughter of Umberto II "el gordo" conde de Savoie Susa, Turin y Maurienne and Gisèla de Bourgogne.¹⁶⁰ (Adélaide de Maurienne was born about 1092 in Savoy, France and died 1 Aug 1154 or 18 Nov 1154.)