Born in Paris in 1081, in 1100 he was designated his father's
          successor. He was as gross and gluttonous as his father and has gone
          down in history as 'the Fat'. More is known about him than his
          predeccessors thanks to the writings of his friend and mentor Suger,
          Abbot of St. Denis, who, from 1127 served both Louis VI and VII as an
          adviser on the government of France and the administration of royal
          lands.
                In 1104 he married Lucienne, daughter of Guy I, Sire de
          Rochefort, but repudiated her in 1107. In 1108 he succeeded his father
          and, on 3 August 1108 at Orleans, was crowned king. In spite of his
          size, Louis was an energetic King and in the course of a long reign of
          twenty-nine years did much to curb the growing power of the feudal
          nobility, many of whom had become semi-independent of the French
          crown. He was also skilful in his foreign policy and a deeply
          religious man.
                In April 1115 in Paris, he married Adele de Savoie and they
          became the parents of seven sons and one daughter. The eldest son,
          Philippe, was designated successor in the customary way, but was
          killed while boar hunting in 1131, so the next son, Louis, took his
          place. In 1137 Louis VI arranged a splendid marriage for his son with
          the heiress of the Duchy of Aquitaine, Eleanor, and the marriage took
          place at Bordeaux on 22 July. During the festivities the King was
          taken seriously ill with dysentery, which had long plagued him. He
          returned to Paris as speedily as possible and there he had himself
          laid on a bed of cinders in the form of a cross, whereon he died, at
          the age of fifty-six. On 1 August 1137, at Chateau Bethizy, he died
          and was buried at St. Denis.
          After David Williamson "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Europe".
 

Source: Leo van de Pas