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Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226), nicknamed The Lion (French: Le Lion), [a] was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As a prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216.
Louis VIII (born Sept. 5, 1187, Paris—died Nov. 8, 1226, Montpensier, Auvergne, Fr.) was the Capetian king of France from 1223 who spent most of his short reign establishing royal power in Poitou and Languedoc.
Louis VIII became the king of France after King Philip II died. He was crowned on July 14, 1223. As the king, he reversed his father’s policy of ‘Usury’ and prohibited lending to the Jews.
Blanche of Castile (Spanish: Blanca de Castilla; 4 March 1188 – 27 November 1252) was Queen of France by marriage to Louis VIII. She acted as regent twice during the reign of her son, Louis IX : during his minority from 1226 until 1234, and during his absence from 1248 until 1252.
Louis VIII the Lion (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226) reigned as King of France from 1223 to 1226. He was a member of the House of Capet. Louis VIII was born in Paris, France, the son of Philip II and Isabelle of Hainaut.
This chapter focuses on Louis VIII the Lion's reign as king of France. Despite being in the unusual position, for a Capetian, of not having been crowned during the lifetime of his father, there was no question over Louis's accession.
Louis VII (1120 – 18 September 1180), called the Younger or the Young (French: le Jeune) to differentiate him from his father Louis VI, was King of France from 1137 to 1180. His first marriage was to Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe.
When Louis VIII 'le Lion' roi de France was born on 5 September 1187, in Poissy, Yvelines, France, his father, Philippe II Auguste roi de France, was 22 and his mother, Isabelle de Hainaut, was 17. He married Blanca de Castilla Reine de France on 23 May 1200, in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France.
Louis XVII (born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy; 27 March 1785 – 8 June 1795) was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. His older brother, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, died in June 1789, a little over a month before the start of the French Revolution.
Biography. Son of Philippe II of France.1200, married Blanche of Castile (q.v.);1212, fought against Flanders; 1216, to England to support the rebel barons who offered him the English throne in return for support against King John; 1223, crowned; 1224, seized Poitou; 1226, launched successful crusade against the Albigensian heretics in southern ...