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  Louis II Of France - LoveToKnow 1911
2 (846-879), king of France, called "le Begue" or "the Stammerer," was a son of Charles II.
After a feeble and ineffectual reign of eighteen months Louis died at Compiegne on the Loth or 11th of April 879.
The king is described as "un homme simple et doux, aimant la paix, la justice et la religion." By his first wife, Ansgarde, a Burgundian princess, he had two sons, his successors, Louis III.
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 Roi Louis II le Jeune (Italie, empereur d'Occident), carolingien. Naissance, mort, couronnement, règne. Carolingiens
Louis II, associé à l'empire en 850, demeura seul empereur, par la mort de son père, en 855.
Les démêlés de Louis II avec ses frères avaient donné aux Sarrasins le temps de se fortifier dans le duché de Bénévent et de mettre en danger toute l'Italie.
Louis II, par un édit publié en 866, rassembla toutes les forces de son royaume pour repousser les infidèles.
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 ::Louis XIII of France::
Louis XIII of France was born in 1601 and died in 1643.
Louis was the son of Henry IV and Marie de Medici.
Louis and Anne spent years living apart, and the birth of their son, the future Louis XIV, surprised many but was the result of a rare night spent together.
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
Henry II established courts in various parts of England, and first instituted the royal pracice of granting magistrates the power to render legal decisions on a wide range of civil matters in the name of the Crown.
Statue of Henry II By the Assize of Clarendon (1166), trial by jury became the norm.
Henry's third son, Richard the Lionheart (1157 - 1199), with the assistance of Philip II Augustus of France, attacked and defeated Henry on July 4, 1189; Henry died at the Chateau Chinon on July 6, 1189 and lies entombed in Fontevraud Abbey, near Chinon and Saumur in the Anjou Region of present-day France.
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 Louis XVIII of France Summary
Louis XVIII (November 17, 1755 - September 16, 1824) was King of France and Navarre from 1814 (although he declared that he considered his reign to have begun in 1795) until his death in 1824, with a brief break in 1815 due to Napoleon's return in the Hundred Days.
Louis-Stanislas-Xavier was born on November 18, 1755 in the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France, the fourth son of Louis, dauphin de France and Marie-Josèphe of Saxony, and grandson of Louis XV of France and his Queen consort Maria Leszczyńska.
Louis XVIII died on September 16, 1824, and was interred in the Saint Denis Basilica.
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 St Louis IX of France
Louis IX King of France, son of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile, born at Poissy, 25 April, 1215; died near Tunis, 25 August, 1270.
Louis gave Henry III all the fiefs and domains belonging to the King of France in the Dioceses of Limoges, Cahors, and Périgueux; and in the event of Alphonsus of Poitiers dying without issue, Saintonge and Agenais would escheat to Henry III.
In 1263, St. Louis was chosen as arbitrator in a difference which separated Henry III and the English barons: by the Dit d'Amiens (24 January, 1264) he declared himself for Henry III against the barons, and annulled the Provisions of Oxford, by which the barons had attempted to restrict the authority of the king.
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 Relatives of D.T. Rogers(b. 1943) - pafg132 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
King Louis IV of France [Parents] was born on 10 Sep 921 in of, Laon, Champagne.
King Louis II of France [Parents] was born on 1 Nov 843 in,, France.
King Clothar II of France [Parents] was born in 584.
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 Philip II (of France) - MSN Encarta
Philip II (of France) (1165-1223), king of France (1180-1223), one of the most powerful European monarchs of the Middle Ages.
The son of King Louis VII, Philip was born on August 21, 1165, in Gonesse, near Paris.
France prospered from his judicial, financial, and administrative reorganization of the government; serfdom declined, towns grew, and commerce flourished.
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 abbey - pafg31 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
II Dagobert, King of Austrasia was born in 650.
Louis II, King of France was born on Nov 1 846.
Hugh II of Dagsbourg was born in 869/898.
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 Louis XV, king of France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
1710–74, king of France (1715–74), great-grandson and successor of King Louis XIV, son of Louis, titular duke of Burgundy, and Marie Adelaide of Savoy.
Louis, however, lacked both the will and interest to govern forcefully, and his reign was influenced by a succession of favorites.
The domestic abuses of Louis XIV’s rule and the disastrous financial policy of the regency were partly liquidated by Fleury, but the extravagances of Louis XV’s court, the expense of warfare, and the defeat of attempts at reform left the monarchy weak by the time of the king’s death.
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 Louis XVI, king of France — Infoplease.com
Louis XVI, 1754–93, king of France (1774–92), third son of the dauphin (Louis) and Marie Josèphe of Saxony, grandson and successor of King Louis XV.
Louis ordered the estates to meet and vote separately, but he was forced (June 27, 1789) to yield and allow the estates to sit together and vote by head.
Louis was forced to accept the constitution of 1791, which limited his power, but preserved the royal veto and his power to appoint ministers.
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 tripodfamilytree122104 - pafg352 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Alberade De Lorraine.Alberade married Duke of Lorraine Rainer (Regnier) I. King of France Charles III [Parents] was born on 17 Sep 879 in France.
King of France Charles III [Parents] was born on 17 Sep 879 in France.
King of France Louis II was born on 1 Nov 843 in France.
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 Stade Louis II Tickets - Buy Stade Louis II Concert Tickets Easy and Secure!
Stade Louis II, or Louis II Stadium, in Monaco was named for the Sovereign Prince of Monaco, Louis II when it was originally opened in 1939.
Stade Louis II is home to the AS Monaco football club, which was founded in 1919.
Stade Louis II is a multi-use facility in Monaco, as well as a top-notch football stadium that hosts some very large events, such as the UEFA Super Cup Match and the IAAF World Athletics Final every year!
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 Louis of France
LOUIS IX Louis was born in 1214 and became King of France when twelve years old.
Louis worked for the political unification of France, yielding Limoge, Cahors, and Perigeux to Henry in exchange for Henry's renunciation of all claims to Normandy, Anjou, Maine, Touraine, and Poitou (Treaty of Paris, 1259).
Disease ravaged the camp, and in 1250 the army suffered a disastrous defeat at Mansurah and Louis himself was taken prisoner.
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 Louis V of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis was crowned in June of 979 but did not actually assume power until Lothair's death in 986.
Louis V inherited the throne, Lothair's widow, Emma, married a descendant of Otto I, and Louis V received Adalberon again.
Louis died in late May of 987, either accidentally or of poisoning by his mother; at the time of his death, he was again trying Adalberon for treason.
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 France   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Pope Urban II preached the First Crusade in French at the Council of Clermont in France.
The major European players in the Third Crusade were Philip II of France and Richard I of England.
England at the time, although often antagonistic to France, was quite close to France as well, having been controlled by Normans since 1066 and William the Conqueror.
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 Royalty.nu - French Royal History - Louis XIV, King of France
Louis XIV and the Parlements: The Assertion of Royal Authority by John Jeter Hurt.
The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV by Anne Somerset.
Anne of Austria: Queen of France by Ruth Kleinman is a biography of Louis XIV's strong-willed mother.
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 Louis XIII of France information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Louis XIII in full military regalia, by Peter Paul Rubens, 1622-25: On a ribbon at his hip is the Cross of the Order of Saint Esprit
Born at the Château de Fontainebleu, Louis XIII was the eldest child of Henry IV of France (1589–1610) and Marie de' Medici.
His mother acted as Regent until Louis XIII came of age at thirteen, but clung to power unofficially, until in frustration he took the reins of government into his own hands at the age of fifteen.
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 Medieval Sourcebook: Constance of Brittany and Gerald of Wales on Louis VII of France, 1160
Medieval Sourcebook: Constance of Brittany and Gerald of Wales on Louis VII of France, 1160
Constance of Brittany and Gerald of Wales on Louis VII of France
When Louis, king Philip's son, (the future Louis VIII, 1223-8) had long been engaged upon his English invasion, his knights began to be afraid that the absence of his wife, who remained in France, and the lack of a conjugal bed would exhaust the young man's spirit for a long campaign.
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 Philip II of France Summary
A member of the Capetian dynasty, Philip Augustus was born on August 21, 1165 at Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, France, the son of Louis VII of France and his third wife, Adèle of Champagne.
Philip II was a younger half-brother of Marie, countess palatine of Champagne, Alix, countess of Blois, Marguerite, queen of Hungary and Alys, Countess of the Vexin.
Philip II Augustus died July 14, 1223 at Mantes and was interred in Saint Denis Basilica.
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 My Family
She was married to William II TALVAS -Count on 20 Aug 1195 in Meudon.
was born in 941 in Duchy of Francia, (France).
She was married to King Edward ENGLAND II on 25 Jan 1307/8 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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 Our Family - pafc261 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
When Louis died two years later, the nobles wanted to make Louis the Younger, King of Saxony, the king, but through the power of the major French nobles Duke Hugh, Duke Boso, and Count Bernard, Louis III and Carloman, both sons of the late king, were made joint-kings of France.
Adelaide was the wife of the French king Louis II and mother of the French king Charles III.
Ansgarde was the wife of the French king Louis II and mother of the French kings Louis III and Carloman (joint).
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 Arms of France
The arms of France, since the late 12th century, have been Azure, a semis of fleurs-de-lis or, changed in 1376 to Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or.
French coins in the 17th century always display the arms of France only, except those struck in Navarre itself; in the 18th century, a silver coin, the écu de Navarre of 1718-19 (struck nationwide, in spite of its name) has Quarterly France and Navarre.
In 1905, during a visit of the king of Spain to France, an informal coat of arms for the French Republic was devised: Azure, a fasces on a laurel branch and an oak branch per saltire, bound by a scroll inscribed with the words "liberté égalité fraternité", all or.
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 St. Louis of France - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
At his coronation as king of France, Louis bound himself by oath to behave as God’s anointed, as the father of his people and feudal lord of the King of Peace.
Louis was different in that he actually interpreted his kingly duties in the light of faith.
Louis was always respectful of the papacy, but defended royal interests against the popes and refused to acknowledge Innocent IV’s sentence against Emperor Frederick II.
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 AGE OF ABSOLUTISM
France developed an absolutist government, and became the preeminent power in Europe during the last half of the seventeenth century.
France became the great model of absolutism in Europe, as the Bourbon dynasty successfully consolidated royal power following periods of social crisis.
Glorious Revolution:  "While Louis XIV was dazzling Europe with his brilliant and irresponsible display of power, across the Channel in England the cause of royal absolutism suffered a reverse” (Ferguson 513).
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 Invalides - France.com
Les Invalides in Paris, France consists of a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement, now containing museums and monuments, all relating to France's military history, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose.
King Louis XIV initiated the project by an order dated November 24, 1670, as a home and hospital for aged and unwell soldiers: the name is a shortened form of hôpital des invalides, the hospital for invalids.
Shortly after the veterans' chapel was completed, Louis XIV had Mansart construct a separate private royal chapel, the church of St. Louis des Invalides, often referred to as the Dôme des Invalides from its most striking feature.
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 Louis IX, King of France
Louis was born in 1214 and became King of France when twelve years old.
Margaret of Provence, sister of Eleanor the wife of Henry III of England (no, not the couple from A Lion in WINTER--that was Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: this is two generations later).
Robert de Sorbon, the founder of the Sorbonne (University of Paris) was his confessor and his personal friend, and Thomas Aquinas was a frequent guest at his table.
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 France   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It may perhaps be inquired as to where Louis XVII and Napoleon II are: Louis was the son of Louis XVI, and spent the time between his fathers execution and his own demise being slowly starved to death in the Bastille, succumbing in 1795.
Napoleon II was the son of Napoleon I, and was resident at the Austrian Court when his father abdicated.
It should be noted that although the list indicates the end of English pretension in France in 1453, a year which marks the effective end of the Hundred Years War, successive English sovereigns continued to include the title "King (or Queen) of France" until 1801.
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 Napoleon I of France - France.com
He was born Napoleone Buonaparte in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica one year after Corsica had been sold to France by the Republic of Genoa.
A coalition against France formed in Europe, the royalists rose again, and Napoléon abandoned his troops and returned to Paris in 1799; in November of that year, a coup d'état made him the ruler and military dictator ("First Consul") of France.
While France was engaged in Spain, Austria attacked in Germany, but after initial success suffered defeat at the Battle of Wagram (6 July 1809).
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 Louis IV of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis IV (920 – September 10, 954), called d'Outremer or Transmarinus, reigned as king of France from 936 to 954, a member of the Carolingian dynasty, the son of Charles III and Eadgifu of England, a daughter of King Edward the Elder.
Rudolph's ally, a Carolingian himself, Count Herbert II of Vermandois, took Charles captive by treachery and the young Louis's mother took the boy "over the sea" to the safety of England, hence his nickname.
Louis IV fell from his horse and died September 10, 954, at Rheims, in the Marne, and is interred there at Saint Rémi Basilica.
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