Louis of France (1264–1276)

Louis
Born	1263 or 1264 France
Died	Château de Vincennes
House	Capet
Father	Philip III of France
Mother	Isabella of Aragon

Louis of France (1263 or 1264 – Château de Vincennes, before May 1276), was an heir apparent to the French throne. He was the eldest son of King Philip III of France and his first wife, Isabella of Aragon (1247-1271). He was the heir apparent to the French throne from August 25, 1270 (at the death of his grandfather Louis IX of France), until his own premature death, at the age of 12-13.

He had three younger brothers: Philip IV the Fair, Robert and Charles.

His mother died in Calabria following a riding accident during her pregnancy with her fifth child. Louis was then 7–8 years old.

At his premature death at the age of 12 or 13, his younger brother Philip, the future Philip IV of France, succeeded him as heir apparent.

Circumstances of his death

Infamous suspicions, insidiously ascribed by parts of rivalling nobility to the royal favorite Pierre de la Broce (c. 1230 - 1278), hinted that the young Louis was poisoned by his stepmother, Mary of Brabant (1254-1321), the second wife of Philip III of France, whose alleged purpose was to eliminate successively the sons of Isabella. Thus Pierre de la Broce was arrested, then hanged (without trial) at the Gibbet of Montfaucon.

Family tree

Family tree of Prince Louis

16. Philip II of France               8. Louis VIII of France                       17. Isabelle of Hainaut               4. Louis IX of France                             18. Alfonso VIII of Castile               9. Blanche of Castile                       19. Eleonor of England               2. Philip III of France                                   20. Alfonso II of Provence               10. Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence                       21. Garsenda of Forcalquier               5. Marguerite of Provence                             22. Thomas I of Savoy               11. Beatrice of Savoy                       23. Marguerite of Geneva               1. Louis of France                                         24. Alfonso II of Aragon               12. Peter II of Aragon                       25. Sancha of Castile               6. James I of Aragon                             26. William VIII of Montpellier               13. Marie of Montpellier                       27. Eudokia Komnene               3. Isabella of Aragon                                   28. Béla III of Hungary               14. Andrew II of Hungary                       29. Agnes of Antioch               7. Violant of Hungary                             30. Peter II of Courtenay               15. Yolanda (Violant) de Courtenay                       31. Yolanda of Flanders