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  Louis IV Of France - LoveToKnow 1911
On the death of the usurper Rudolph (Raoul), Ralph of Burgundy, Hugh the Great, count of Paris, and the other nobles between whom France was divided, chose Louis for their king, and the lad was brought over from England and consecrated at Laon on the 19th of June 936.
In 939 Louis became involved in a struggle with the emperor Otto the Great on the question of Lorraine, the nobles of which district had sworn an oath of fidelity to the king of France.
Louis died on the 10th of September 954, and was succeeded by his son Lothair.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Louis IV of France
Born September 10, 920 at Laon, Aisne, France, the son of King Charles III and Princess Eadgifu of England.
By the death of the Duke of Anjou, in 1584, Henry of Bourbon became heir-presumptive to the crown of France.
Henry IV of the appointment of unworthy candidates and of children to abbacies and bishoprics.
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 St. Paul University Philippines
Shaken and moved by the prevalence of misery, poverty, ignorance and religious torpor of his congregation as a result of the Hundred Years War, Father Louis Chauvet, the parish priest of a little village, Levesville-la- Chenard, made a determined and unmistakably decisive endeavor to uplift the human and spiritual levels of his villagers.
The school founded by Father Chauvet is known to be the first school in the diocese of Chartres that answered the mandate of King Louis IV of France that parishes should establish small schools in their areas.
It was in the early 20th century that the congregation responded to the call of the Far East: Hongkong, 1848 and Vietnam in 1860.
www.spup.edu.ph /contents/about_us/spcc_conception.htm   (410 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry IV
By the death of the Duke of Anjou, in 1584, Henry of Bourbon became heir-presumptive to the crown of France.
Henry IV was marked by an increased centralization of the royal authority and by great industrial, commercial, and agricultural prosperity, due in a large measure to the intelligent solicitude of Sully.
Henry IV of the appointment of unworthy candidates and of children to abbacies and bishoprics.
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 St. Louis of France - Confessor, King of France 1214-1270
Louis gave encouragement to the religious orders, installing the Carthusians in the palace of Vauvert in Paris, and assisting his mother in founding the convent of Maubuisson.
Louis appointed the abbot of St. Denis and Simon de Clermont as regents.
Louis sailed with his forces from Aigues-Mortes, at the mouth of the Rhone, on July 1, 1270, heading for Tunis, where, he had been told, the emir was ready to be converted and join the expedition to win back the Holy Places.
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 HENRI IV FRANCE - MAP of FRANCE
In the days of Henri IV, France was a subset of present day France.
Henri's Navarre was the much smaller part, on the French side of the Pyrenees, known as Basse Navarre.
In 1620 Henri's son Louis XIII made Basse Navarre a part of France.
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 Charles IV, king of France — FactMonster.com
Charles IV Charles IV (Charles the Fair), 1294–1328, king of France (1322–28), youngest son of Philip IV, brother and successor of Philip V. Charles continued his brother's work of strengthening the royal power.
Charles invaded (1324) Guienne (Aquitaine), a possession of the English king, and in 1327 he compelled England to cede to France the Guienne districts around Agen and Bazas and to pay a large indemnity.
Charles IV., King of France, le Bel (1294, 1322-1328).
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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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 Louis XIV of France: france king louis xiv, france greatness louis xiv   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Louis XIV increased the power and influence of France in Europe, fighting three major wars—the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession—and two minor conflicts—the War of Devolution, and the War of the Reunions.
Louis XIV considered its construction one of the greatest achievements of his reign, which, along with the Chateau de Versailles, is one of the largest and most extravagant monuments in Europe, extolling a king and his country.
In France too, Louis XIV sought to and succeeded in establishing and increasing the influence and central authority of the King of France at the expense of the Church and the nobles.
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 Peterson Family - pafg319 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Louis IV "Transmarinus" FRANCE [Parents] was born on 10 Sep 921 in of, Laon, Aisne, France.
Gerberge Princess of GERMANS [Queen of France [Parents] was born in 913/914 in, Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia.
Lothaire, King of FRANCE [Parents] was born in 941 in, Laon, Aisne, France.
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 Patron Saints Index: Saint Louis IX
Son of King Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile.
King of France at age eleven; his mother ruled as regent until he reached 22, and he reigned for 44 years.
Promoted Christianity in France; established religious foundations, aided mendicant orders, propagated synodal decrees of the Church, built leper hospitals, and collected relics.
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 Lycos France : Email, SMS, Rencontre, Love & Chat, Concours gratuits, Traduction
Vitaa, reine des ventes d'albums 2007 en France
Saw IV : gagnez des places de cinéma et des t-shirts
France Mobiles : Portail de téléphonie mobile
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 Les Croisades (1095-1270) et les Croisés, seigneurs de Bretagne
Louis VII de France et l'empereur Conrad III échouent devant Damas.
Louis, Conrad et Beaudouin III vont assiéger Damas.
Entre 1250 et 1254, le roi de France abandonne l'Egypte et va descendre en Palestine, où il séjourne quatre ans, malgré les instances de la reine Blanche qui le rappelle dans son royaume, alors livré aux brigandages des Pastoureaux.
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 Ducs de Bretagne et Comtes de Penthièvre : table chronologique et généalogique
Alain IV fils de Hoël, dit Fergent, duc de Bretagne du 13 avril 1084 à 1112.
Conan IV dit le Petit, fils d’Alain Le Noir, duc de Bretagne de 1146 à 1171.
François II (1458-1488), fils de Richard, comte d'Estampes, (quatrième fils du duc Jean IV), et de Marguerite d'Orléans, comtesse de Vertus, né le 23 juin 1435, duc en 1458, décédé le 9 septembre 1488 (à Couëron).
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 Royal Coats of Arms; Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Prince William
Anne -- In 1707, the arms of England and Scotland were moved to the first and fourth quarters, the arms of France in the second, and the arms of Ireland in the third.
Victoria and all subsequent monarchs- In 1837, the Hanoverian escutcheon and crown were removed because Queen Victoria, as a woman, was unable to succeed to the throne of Hanover under Hanoverian law.
This is a simple depiction of the general arms for the Kings of 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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 French Art - Art Under Henri IV. And Louis XIII. 1589-1643
In France it was introduced in 1605 by Martellange, temporal coadjutor of the Society of Jesus.
In the singular portrait of Louis XIII., crowned with Bays (976), with two symbolic female figures of France and Navarre claiming his protection, grave faults of arrangement are seen, which produce the odd effect that the King's protecting hand is slapping the face of Navarre.
Besides this Sarrazin was the sculptor of the tomb of de Bérulle for the Church of the Carmelites ; and the monument in the Church of Saint Paul, in memory of Louis XIII.
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 abbey - pafg31 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Louis IV, King of France [Parents] was born in 921 in Laon, France.
Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of France [Parents] was born in 914 in Nordhausen, Saxon, Germany.
Louis II, King of France was born on Nov 1 846.
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 Louis XIII of France information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Born at the Château de Fontainebleu, Louis XIII was the eldest child of Henry IV of France (1589–1610) and Marie de' Medici.
Louis XIII's paternal grandparents were Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendome and Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre; his maternal grandparents were Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Johanna, archduchess of Austria.
Louis XIII ascended to the throne of France in 1610, at the age of eight and a half, upon the assassination of his father.
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 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Louis IV King Of FRANCE was born in 921 in Laon, Aisne, France.
Louis Prince Of FRANCE was born on 21 Sep 1243 in Poissy, Yvelines, France.
Louis soon aroused the opposition of Pope Innocent II because of his support of a rival to the papal candidate for the archbishopric of Bourges, and his lands were placed under papal interdict.
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 Creating French Culture (Library of Congress Exhibition)
Louis XIV used medals to publicize the achievements of his government and of the institutions he founded.
When Louis XIV acquired the cameo, the subject was incorrectly identified as the apotheosis of the imperial prince Germanicus, who died in the year 19.
This portrait of King Louis XV (1715-1774) is considered the masterpiece of engraving on stone in modern times, for the accuracy of the resemblance, the purity of the stone, and the high quality of the workmanship.
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 Louis   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Louis (St.) is usually represented as holding the Saviour's crown of thorns and the cross, sometimes, however, he is represented with a pilgrim's staff, and sometimes with the standard of the cross, the allusion in all cases being to his crusades.
Louis IV of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach, born 1282, was duke of Bavaria from 1294, duke of the Palatinate from 1329 and, after 1314, Holy Roman Emperor.
Louis VII died on November 18, 1180 at the Abbey at Saint-Pont, Allier and is interred in Saint Denis Basilica.
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 Henry IV (of France) - Search View - MSN Encarta
Henry IV (of France) (1553-1610), king of France (1589-1610), who restored stability after the religious wars of the 16th century.
His father, Antoine de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme, was descended in the ninth generation from the 13th-century king of France, Louis IX.
Henry IV's genial informality, bravery, gallantry, perseverance in adversity, and readiness to bend religious principle to political advantage have earned him a special place in French history.
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 Anjou (Traditional province, France)
According to the testament of king of France Louis VIII, Charles, brother of Louis IX (Saint Louis) was granted Anjou as his apanage.
At the end of his life, he understood he would not be able to resist King of France Louis XI, who wanted to reincorporate Anjou to his domain, and retired in Aix-en-Provence, where he died in 1480.
When Louis XI reincorporated Anjou to France in 1480, the arms of Anjou kept the mark of cadency but three fleur-de-lys replaced the semy (Anjou modern), since king of France Charles V had in the meantime made a similar change to the arms of France (France modern).
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 Kings, Queens, Presidents and First Ladies
Louis IV of France took the boy-duke into his protective custody, apparently intent upon reuniting Normandy to the crown's domains; but in 945 Louis was captured by the Normans, and Richard was returned to his people.
Judith was born in 982 in Bretagne, France and died on 16 Jun 1017 in Normandie, France at age 35.
Geoffrey "Mantell" Plantagenet VI [19140] was born on 3 Jun 1134 in Rouen, France, died on 27 Jul 1157 in Nantes, France at age 23, and was buried in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.
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 Philip IV of France Summary
In 1301 Philip's conflict with the papacy was revived by the arrest of Bishop Bernard Saisset of Pamiers.
Philip IV the Fair (French: Philippe IV le Bel) (1268 – November 29, 1314) was King of France from 1285 until his death.
A member of the Capetian dynasty, Philip was born at the Palace of Fontainebleau at Seine-et-Marne, the son of King Philip III and Isabella of Aragon.
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 Henry IV of France - Picture - MSN Encarta
Henry IV, the first Bourbon king of France, became Catholic in 1593 in order to restore peace within the country.
In 1598 Henry issued the Edict of Nantes, which granted extended rights to the French Protestants, or Huguenots, who had been persecuted by the dominant Catholics.
Louis XIV; Henry IV (of France); Paris (city, France); France
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 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Robert Prince of FRANCE was born in 1055 in Rheims, Marne, France.
Parents: Louis IV King Of FRANCE and Gerberge Queen of FRANKS.
She was married to Louis IV King Of FRANCE on 25 Apr 940 in Laon, Aisne, France.
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 St Louis IX of France
Louis had carried the war against Henry III further, the Hundred Years War would have been averted.
Louis to have been above all a lover of peace, a king who desired not only to put an end to conflicts, but also to remove the causes for fresh wars, and this spirit of peace rested upon the Christian conception.
Louis, through his personal qualities as well as his saintliness, increased for many centuries the prestige of the French monarchy.
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 My Family
She was married to Baldwin V DE LILLE -Count in 1028 in France.
She was married to King Louis FRANCE VI.
was born in 941 in Duchy of Francia, (France).
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