Louis VII of France
King of France from 1137 to 1180 (1120–1180)
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Lived 1120–1180, aged 60France
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Updated 2026-06-21
He married the most powerful heiress in Europe, lost her to his rival, and watched his ex-wife's new husband build an empire from the lands that had briefly been his.
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Louis VII was a second son raised for the Church until his older brother Philip's death in 1131 made him heir to France. He became king in 1137 after marrying Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose lands stretched to the Pyrenees. The Second Crusade in 1147 fractured their marriage: disagreements in the Holy Land and a failed siege at Damascus left the union broken. Their annulment in 1152 produced no son, only two daughters. Eleanor immediately married Henry of Anjou, taking Aquitaine with her; when Henry became King of England, those territories formed the Angevin Empire that would shadow France for ge…
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