Louis VIII dit « le Lion », né le 5 septembre 1187 à Paris et mort le 8 novembre 1226 à Montpensier (), est roi de France de 1223 à 1226, huitième de la dynastie dite des Capétiens directs [1].. Il est le fils du roi Philippe II, dit « Philippe Auguste » (1165-1223) et d'Isabelle de Hainaut (1170-1190). Il est le premier roi de France qui descende à la fois d'Hugues Capet par …

Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, was King of France from 1226 to 1270, and the most illustrious of the Direct Capetians.He was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the death of his father Louis VIII.His mother, Blanche of Castile, ruled the kingdom as regent until he reached maturity, and then remained …

Louis was born in Paris, the eldest son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre. He inherited the kingdom of Navarre on the death of his mother, on 4 April 1305, later being crowned 1 October 1307. On 21 September 1305, at age 15, he married Margaret of Burgundy and they had a daughter, Joan. Louis was known as "the Quarreler", "the Quarrelsome", as the result of the …

Louis V (c. 966 or 967 – 22 May 987), also known as Louis the Do-Nothing (French: Louis le Fainéant), was a king of West Francia from 979 (co-reigning first with his father Lothair until 986) to his early death in 987. During his reign, the nobility essentially ruled the country. Dying childless, Louis V was the last Carolingian monarch in West Francia

Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226), nicknamed The Lion (French: Le Lion), was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216. On 2 June 1216, Louis was proclaimed "King of England" by rebellious barons in London, though never crowned.He soon seized half the …

Youth. Louis Stanislas Xavier, styled Count of Provence from birth, was born on 17 November 1755 in the Palace of Versailles, a younger son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and his wife Maria Josepha of Saxony.He was the grandson of the reigning King Louis XV.As a son of the Dauphin, he was a Fils de France.He was christened Louis Stanislas Xavier six months after his birth, …

Louis XI, né le 3 juillet 1423 à Bourges, mort le 30 août 1483 au château de Plessis-lèz-Tours, est roi de France de 1461 à 1483, sixième roi de la branche dite de Valois (Valois directs) de la dynastie capétienne.Son intense activité diplomatique, perçue par ses adversaires comme sournoise, lui vaut de la part de ses détracteurs le surnom d'« Universelle Aragne » [2], [3], [4].

Saint Louis, Saint-Louis or St. Louis may refer to a number of things, many of them named after king of France Saint Louis IX (1214–1270), including St. Louis, Missouri Contents 1 Places

France (French: ), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik frɑ̃sɛz]), is a transcontinental country predominantly located in Western Europe and spanning overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean …

Louis VII (1120 – 18 September 1180), called the Younger, or the Young (French: le Jeune), was King of the Franks from 1137 to 1180. He was the son and successor of King Louis VI (hence the epithet "the Young") and married Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe.The marriage temporarily extended the Capetian lands to …