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4 days ago · Louis IX, also known as Saint Louis, ruled France from 1226 until his death on 25 August 1270. Considered by many people to have been France's greatest king, he also is the only French king to have been canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
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5 days ago · Louis IX was King of France in the 13th century, having become king at age 13. Throughout his reign, St. Louis defended justice and promoted peace. He organized ‘the court of the king;’ bringing regular reviews of feudal cases. He prioritized the poor; founding many hospitals and charitable organizations.
5 days ago · In June 2020, a crowd of protesters gathered around the statue of King Louis IX of France in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, demanding its removal. They called on the Vatican to drop Louis from its roll of saints, accusing the king of Islamophobia, antisemitism, and mishandling the Seventh and Eighth Crusades, causing death and suffering to ...
5 days ago · Citation: Dr John Lowden, review of Art and Crusade in the Age of Saint Louis, (review no. 92) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/92. Date accessed: 22 May, 2024. Nobody doubts the exceptional importance of the long reign of Louis IX (1226-70) as perceived either from modern historical perspectives, or presented in thirteenth-century (or ...
5 days ago · Louis IX (1214–1270), the only French king to be made a saint, led the disastrous Seventh and Eighth Crusades but nevertheless earned a reputation as a model Christian warrior. In Louis’s first expedition, he was captured in Egypt and held for ransom; in the second, he and most of his men suffered excruciating deaths in Tunis.
5 days ago · It was named after Louis IX, the King of France during that time. Saint Louis is located on the western bank of the Mississippi River. This strategic location played a significant role in the city’s growth and development.
3 days ago · By 1270 Edward and Eleanor had left to join Edward’s uncle Louis IX of France on the Eighth Crusade, but unfortunately Louis died at Carthage before they arrived. After spending the winter in Sicily, the couple moved on to Acre in Palestine, arriving in May 1271 during the Ninth Crusade.
