Louis VI of France

Louis VI (1081–1137), called the Fat, ruled as King of the Franks from 1108, succeeding his father Philip I. Much of his reign was spent campaigning against the lawless robber barons of the Île-de-France and fighting Henry I of England for control of Normandy.

He granted town charters to win urban support, was the first Capetian to issue kingdom-wide ordonnances, and strengthened royal justice with the counsel of Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis. In 1115 he married Adelaide of Maurienne; their eldest son Philip died after a fall from his horse in 1131, and Louis was succeeded in 1137 by their son Louis VII.