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| | Capetian Dynasty |
 | | A member of the Capetian dynasty, he was born in Poissy, the son of Louis IX of France and of Marguerite Berenger of Provence (1221- 1295).At the age of twenty-five he ascended to the throne. |
| | As part of a peace process with Henry II of England, Louis imprudently pledged his daughter, Marguerite, in the treaty of Gisors (1158) to Henry, Henry's eldest son, promising as a dowry the Norman Vexin and Gisors. |
| | Louis married on May 27, 1234, Marguerite de Provence (1221—December 21, 1295), the sister of Eleanor, the wife of Henry III. |
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