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Louis VIII of France. (King of France) Louis VIII, also known as Louis the Lion or the Lion-Heart, was the king of France between 1223 and 1226. He was the son of Isabelle of Hainaut who formerly ruled the County of Artois as a countess. Hainaut passed her inheritance to her son Louis VIII who later became the count of Artois.
Louis. VIII. "le. Lion". name, of Germanic (Frankish) origin, from hlōd ‘fame’ + wīg ‘war’. It was very common in French royal and noble families. Louis I ( 778–840 ) was the son of Charlemagne, who ruled as both King of France and Holy Roman Emperor. Altogether, the name was borne by sixteen kings of France up to the French ...
King of France 1223-1226. Louis Louis VIII The Lion, Coeur de lion, Roi de France de France (Capet) (5 Sep 1187 - 8 Nov 1226)
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York. (born 1214, ruled 1226–70). Called St. Louis, Louis IX was one of the most virtuous and heroic kings of France. He was the dutiful son of Louis VIII and his queen, Blanche of Castile. Blanche bravely faced numerous revolts of powerful feudal nobles during her son’s youth.
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, the son of Philip II and Isabelle of Hainaut. He was also Count of Artois, inheriting the county from his mother, from 1190–1226. It remained attached to the crown until 1237, when his son Louis IX gave the title in ...
Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226), nicknamed The Lion ( French: Le Lion ), was King of France from 1223 to 1226. From 1216 to 1217, he also claimed the Kingdom of England. Louis was the only surviving son of King Philip II of France by his first wife, Isabelle of Hainaut, from whom he inherited the County of Artois.
5 days ago · 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 ...
