Ruler · High and Late Middle Ages · France

Louis IX

1214–1270

King of France from 1226 to 1270, born in 1214, canonized as Saint Louis in 1297. He led two crusades, was captured in Egypt on the first, and died of disease outside Tunis on the second. At home he reformed royal justice and built the Sainte Chapelle in Paris to house holy relics.

Facts

Born: 1214, Poissy.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saint Louis
Died: 1270, Tunis, on crusade.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saint Louis
Reign: 1226 to 1270.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saint Louis
Realm: France.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saint Louis
Known for: The Seventh and Eighth Crusades, royal justice reform, and the Sainte Chapelle.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saint Louis

Images

Head of a statue of Saint Louis (Louis IX) (photograph via Wikimedia Commons)

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