Isabella of Hainault
Isabella of Hainault (5 April 1170 in Valenciennes – 15 March 1190 in Paris)
(Also spelled: Ysabella de Hainault or Ysabelle de Hainaut)
was Queen of France as the first spouse of King Philip II.
She was also formally a ruling countess of Artois "de jure" between 1180 and 1190.
Robert I, Count of Artois
Robert I( 25 September 1216 – 8 February 1250), called the Good, was the first Count of Artois, the fifth( and second surviving) son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile.
Isabelle of France (saint)
Isabelle of France( March 1225 – 23 February 1270) was the daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile.
She was a younger sister of King Louis IX of France( Saint Louis) and of Alfonso, Count of Poitiers, and an older sister of King Charles I of Sicily.
In 1256, she founded the Poor Clare monastery of Longchamp in the part of the Forest of Rouvray( now called the Bois de Boulogne), west of Paris.
Isabelle consecrated her virginity and her entire life to God alone.
She is honored as a saint by the Franciscan Order.
Her feastday is the 26th of February.
Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France
Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France( 11 October 1492 – 16 December 1495) was the eldest son and heir of Charles VIII of France and Anne of Brittany.
Louis VIII of France
Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226), called the Lion , was King of France from 1223 to 1226.
From 1216 to 1217, he also claimed to be King of England.
Louis was the only surviving son of King Philip II of France by his first wife, Isabelle of Hainaut, from whom he inherited the County of Artois.
While Louis VIII only briefly reigned as king of France, he was an active leader prior to accession.
During the First Barons' War of 1215–17 against King John of England, his military prowess earned him the epithet "the Lion".
After his victory at the Siege of Roche-au-Moine in 1214, he invaded southern England and was proclaimed "King of England" by rebellious barons in London on the 2 June 1216.
He was never crowned as king of England, however, and renounced his claim after being excommunicated and repelled.
In 1217, Louis started the conquest of Guyenne, leaving only a small region around Bordeaux to Henry III of England.
Louis's short reign was marked by an intervention using royal forces into the Albigensian Crusade in southern France that decisively moved the conflict towards a conclusion.
He was the first Capetian king to grant appanages to his younger sons on a large scale.
He died in 1226 and was succeeded by his son Louis IX.
Helena Martini
Helena Martini
( 5 July 1728 Bockenheim bei Frankfurt am Main- 8 July 1803 Darmstadt), was the mistress of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse- Darmstadt, from 1744 until 1768.
She was the daughter of Carl Ludwig Martini( d. 1698), an officer, and Susanna Catharina Meser.
In 1744 her father, seeking a promotion, is alleged to have sent Helena to submit his petition to Louis VIII at" Jagdschloss" Kranichstein.
When Louis VIII met her, he kept her as his mistress and did not let her return.
Martini, who became known as" mamsell Lene", enjoyed the unlimited confidence of Louis VIII, was given a house in Darmstadt and accompanied him on his travels.
She supported him in his political conflicts with the branches of the Hesse family, and brought the children of her sister to be raised in her care.
She reportedly had a good relationship with the family of Louis VIII.
Upon his death in 1768, she left the court with a fortune, which she later left to the children of her sister.
Jean Bourdichon
Jean Bourdichon( 1457 or 1459 – 1521) was a French miniature painter and manuscript illuminator at the court of France between the end of the 15th century and the start of the 16th century, in the reigns of Louis XI of France, Charles VIII of France, Louis XII of France and Francis I of France.
He was probably born in Tours, and was a pupil of Jean Fouquet.
He died in Tours.
Two of Bourdichon's most famous works are the Hours of Louis XII( now dispersed, begun 1498) and the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany for Louis's queen.
Eleanor of Castile (died 1244)
Eleanor of Castile( 1200 – 1244) was a daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England.
She was Queen consort of Aragon by her arranged marriage to James I of Aragon.
Her mother was a daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Eleanor's sister Berengaria became Queen of Castile since their brother Henry I of Castile died with no issue and because Berengaria was the eldest of the daughters.
Another sister, Blanche became Queen of France by her marriage to Louis VIII of France.
Gilles de Paris (poet)
Gilles de Paris(" Aegidius Parisiensis")( 1160 – 1223/1224) was a French poet of the twelfth century.
He is best known for his instructional poem" Carolinus", written for the future Louis VIII of France around 1200, when Louis was 13 years old.
Robert III, Count of Dreux
Robert III of Dreux( 1185 – 1234), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the son of Robert II, Count of Dreux, and Yolanda de Coucy.
He was given the byname Gasteblé( lit. wheat- spoiler) when he destroyed a field of wheat while hunting in his youth.
Along with his brother Peter, Duke of Brittany he fought with future Louis VIII of France in 1212 at Nantes and was captured there during a sortie.
Exchanged after the Battle of Bouvines for William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury, he fought in the Albigensian Crusade, besieging Avignon in 1226.
He was a supporter of Blanche of Castile during her regency after the death of Louis VIII in 1226.
In 1210 he married Alianor de St. Valéry( 1192–15 Nov 1250) and they had several children:

Question: Where was the place of death of Louis Viii Of France's mother?
Answer: Paris