Louis VI the Fat of France ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Louis VI, the Fat, was the first important king of the Capetian line. This line sprang from Hugh Capet, who became king in 987. Louis the Fat was a great fighter, a great hunter, and a great eater. At 46 he became too fat to mount a horse, but he remained the embodiment of warlike energy. His great task was to reduce to order the petty nobles of the royal domain, who could truly be called robber barons. When Louis came to the throne, every lord of a castle robbed at will and it was not safe for even the king to pass along the road. Twenty years of hard fighting were necessary to remedy this condition, but in the end, law and order prevailed. So that such evils might not recur, every castle that was captured was destroyed or given to faithful followers.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: 1108. King of France.

Louis married Adelaide of Savoy de Maurienne, daughter of Humbert II the Fat of Savoy de Maurienne and Gisela of Burgundy, on 3 Aug 1115. (Adelaide of Savoy de Maurienne was born circa 1100 and died on 18 Nov 1154.)