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Jun 17, 2024 · Crusades - Holy Land, France, King Louis IX: Louis IX of France ardently believed the Crusade to be God's work. In his first crusade Louis was captured and held for ransom. For the Eighth Crusade, the expedition went to Tunis, where he defeated Conradin. Louis IX's last Crusade embarked in July 1270.
Jun 29, 2024 · St. Louis IX of France Feast day: Aug 25. St. Louis was born to King Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile, at Poissy on April 25th 1215. Louis was made King at only 11 years of age, and was the...
3 days ago · Louis IX, dit « le Prudhomme » L 1 et plus communément appelé Saint Louis a, est un roi de France capétien né le 25 avril 1214 à Poissy et mort le 25 août 1270 à Carthage, près de Tunis. Il régna pendant plus de 43 ans, de 1226 jusqu'à sa mort. Considéré comme un saint de son vivant, il est canonisé par l' Église ...
4 days ago · France became a truly centralised kingdom under Louis IX (reigned 1226–70). The kingdom was vulnerable: war was still going on in the County of Toulouse, and the royal army was occupied fighting resistance in Languedoc.
5 days ago · Louis IX was succeeded by his son, Philip III (reigned 1270–85); his grandson, Philip IV (the Fair; 1285–1314); and three great-grandsons, Louis X (1314–16), Philip V (1316–22), and Charles IV (1322–28). The most significant of these last Capetian reigns was that of Philip the Fair.
Jun 25, 2024 · Louis IX was King of France for more than three decades. He was considered a model ruler and religious icon and died on Crusade.
4 days ago · Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
Jun 25, 2024 · Louis XIV, king of France (1643–1715) who ruled his country during one of its most brilliant periods and who remains the symbol of absolute monarchy of the classical age. He extended France’s eastern borders at the expense of the Habsburgs and secured the Spanish throne for his grandson.
5 days ago · In order to end the political deadlock and hostilities, Henry and Montfort agreed to submit their arguments to Louis IX of France. In accepting the arbitration of the French monarch, Henry and Montfort agreed to accept, unequivocally, his judgement.
Jun 15, 2024 · Philip II’s “Ordinance Testament” (1190) transformed administrative governance in collecting revenues in creating baillis (a rough approximation of our “bailiffs”), while Louis IX’s ‘Grande...
