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May 23, 1200
- On May 23, 1200, Louis married Blanche of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile, who effectively acted as regent after Louis’s death.
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Louis VIII was the Capetian king of France from 1223 who spent most of his short reign establishing royal power in Poitou and Languedoc. On May 23, 1200, Louis married Blanche of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile, who effectively acted as regent after Louis’s death.
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Aug 1, 2016 · On 23 May 1200 Louis was married to Blanche of Castile, a daughter of King Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England (sister to King Richard I and King John). They went on to have thirteen...
Louis VIII engaged in a battle for the first time in 1214 when his father King Philip II waged a war against King John of England. The two houses locked horns for the Duchy of Normandy which King John wanted to reclaim from the French king.
5 days ago · Louis had a tenuous dynastic claim to the English throne through his wife Blanche of Castile, the granddaughter of King Henry II of England. Seeing an opportunity to expand Capetian power across the Channel, Louis agreed to the barons‘ invitation and launched an invasion in May 1216.
Jun 2, 2016 · In an article to mark 800 years since Louis VIII was proclaimed king of England – on 2 June 1216 – Catherine Hanley, author of new biography Louis – The French Prince Who Invaded England, explores the short period during which ‘King Louis’ held the British crown.
Louis: The French Prince Who Invaded England. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2016, ISBN: 9780300217452; 296pp.; Price: £19.99. Louis VIII, king of France from 1223 to 1226, is not a monarch who has drawn significant attention from historians. His reign of just three years stands trapped between the nearly 43-year reign of his father ...
When Louis XII became king in 1498, he had his marriage with Joan annulled by Pope Alexander VI and instead married Anne, Duchess of Brittany, the widow of Charles VIII. This marriage allowed Louis to reinforce the personal Union of Brittany and France .
