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Louis was born around 1081 in Paris, the son of Philip I of France and Bertha of Holland. [a]Abbot Suger of Saint Denis, who wrote a biography of Louis VI, tells us: "In his youth, growing courage matured his spirit with youthful vigour, making him bored with hunting and the boyish games with which others of his age used to enjoy themselves and forget the pursuit of arms."
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (12 May 1725 – 18 November 1785), known as le Gros (the Fat), was a French royal of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.The First Prince of the Blood after 1752, he was the most senior male at the French court after the immediate royal family.
Charles the Fat (839 – 13 January 888) was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire [a] from 881 to 887. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma, and a great-grandson of Charlemagne.
Chronicles from the French side describe the battle as a fierce and bloody one where Louis the Fat, despite his heavy weight, fought so close to the opposing knights that a Norman seized his horse's reins and shouted, "The King is taken!", to which the King replied with a heavy blow from his mace, shouting back: "The King is not taken, neither ...
The Deeds of Louis the Fat. [Vie de Louis le Gros] Translated by Richard C. Cusimano and John Moorhead. Washington D. C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1992. ———. "The Illustrious King Louis [VII], Son of Louis [VI]." [Historia gloriosi regis Ludovici] In Selected Works of Abbot Suger of Saint Denis.
The Fat" is an epithet which may refer to: Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (c. 1268–1318) Afonso II of Portugal (1185–1223), King of Portugal; Charles the Fat (839–888), King of Alemannia, King of Italy, western Emperor (as Charles III), King of East Francia and King of West Francia
In 881, Charles the Fat was crowned emperor while Louis III of Saxony and Louis III of Francia died the following year. Saxony and Bavaria were united with Charles the Fat's Kingdom, and Francia and Neustria were granted to Carloman of Aquitaine who also conquered Lower Burgundy.
Louis the Stammerer (846–879), son of Charles the Bald, counted as Louis II; Louis III of France (863/865–882) Louis IV of France (920/921–954), called Louis d'Outremer; Louis V of France (c.966/967–987), called Louis le Fainéant; Louis VI of France (1081–1137), called Louis the Fat; Louis VII of France (1120–1180), called Louis ...