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  Louis VII of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis became involved in a war with Theobald II of Champagne, by permitting Raoul I of Vermandois and seneschal of France, to repudiate his wife, Theobald's niece, and to marry Petronilla of Aquitaine, sister of the queen of France.
Louis VII by a clever manoeuvre threw his army on the Norman frontier and gained Gisors, one of the keys of Normandy.
Louis VII died on September 18, 1180 at the Abbey at Saint-Pont, Allier and is interred in Saint Denis Basilica.
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 LOUIS VII. OF FRANCE - LoveToKnow Article on LOUIS VII. OF FRANCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
LOUIS V. (967-987), king of France, succeeded his father Lothair in March 986 at the age of nineteen, and finally embroiled the Carolingian dynasty with Hugh Capet and Adalberon, archbishop of Reims.
In 1098 Louis was made a knight, and about the same time was associated with his father in the government, which the growing infirmities of Philip left more and more to his son, in spite of the opposition of Bertrada, the queen, whose criminal union with Philip had brought the anathema of the church.
Etienne de Garlande, whom Louis raised from obscurity to be archdeacon of Notre Dame at Paris, chancellor and seneschal of France, was all-powerful with the king from 1108 to 1127.
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 Louis VI of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis VI the Fat (French: Louis VI le Gros) (December 1, 1081 – August 1, 1137) was king of France from 1108 to 1137.
A member of the Capetian Dynasty, Louis was born in Paris, the son of Philippe I of France, and Bertha of Holland (1055-1094).
Louis VI died on August 1, 1137 and is interred in Saint Denis Basilica.
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A member of the Capetian Dynasty, Louis VII was born in 1120, the second son of Louis the Fat and Adélaide of Maurienne (c.1100-1154).
In 1154 Louis married Constance, daughter of Alfonso VII, king of Castile, and their daughter Marguerite he pledged imprudently in the treaty of Gisors (1158) to Henry, eldest son of the king of England, promising as a dowry, Vexin and Gisors.
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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 Louis VII of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Louis VII the Younger (French: Louis VII le Jeune) (1120 – September 18, 1180) was King of France from 1137 to 1180.
Louis became involved in a war with Theobald II of Champagne, by permitting and seneschal of France, to repudiate his wife, Theobald's niece, and to marry Petronilla of Aquitaine, sister of the queen of France.
Louis was personally involved in the assault and burning of the town of.
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 AllRefer.com - Louis VII, king of France (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Louis VII (Louis the Young), c.1120–1180, king of France (1137–80), son and successor of King Louis VI.
Her subsequent marriage with Henry Plantagenet (later King Henry II of England), Geoffrey's son, resulted in Henry's claims to Aquitaine and precipitated recurrent warfare between Louis and Henry.
Louis supported Thomas A Becket during his exile from England and joined in the revolt of Henry's sons (1173–74), but won no territory.
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 LOUIS VIII. OF FRANCE - LoveToKnow Article on LOUIS VIII. OF FRANCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Isabella and her husband were forced to submit, and Raymond VII., count of Toulouse, yielded without resistance upon the advent of two royal armies, and accepted the peace of Lorris in January 1243.
Louis made a similar compromise with the king of Aragon in the treaty of Corbeil, 1258, whereby he gave up the claims of kings of France to Roussillon and Barcelona, which went back to the conquest of Charlemagne.
Louis was more successful in preventing feuds between his own nobles: between the counts of Brittany and Champagne over the succession to Navarre; the dauphin of Vienne (Guigues VII.) and Charles of Anjou; the count of Burgundy and the count of Chalons; Henry of Luxemburg and the duke of Lorraine with the count of Bar.
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 Louis XVI - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Louis XVI
King of France from 1774, grandson of Louis XV, and son of Louis the Dauphin.
Louis lost his personal popularity in June 1791 when he attempted to flee the country, and in August 1792 the Parisians stormed the Tuileries palace and took the royal family prisoner.
Louis XVI did not die in his bed, consequently history is very gentle with him; she is charitable toward his failings, and she finds in him high virtues which are not usually considered to be virtues when they are lodged in kings.
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 Louis, VII Biography / Biography of Louis, VII Biography Biography
Louis VII was a devout king with a passion for justice, but for many years one lacking in political good sense.
To overcome the widespread lack of enthusiasm, Louis invited Bernard of Clairvaux to preach the crusade, and the eloquent Cistercian awakened fervor for the project.
Louis thus found himself confronted by a shrewd and aggressive vassal who ruled western France from the English Channel to the Pyrenees.
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 Louis VII of France
Louis VII of France (25), (1119-1180), married 3rd Adelaide of Champagne (or Adela) (25) (1140 - 1206), daughter of Theobold II (26) (1088 - 1152), Count of Champagne, and his wife Mathilde of Carinthia (26) (1097 - 1160).
Louis VII went on 2nd Crusade, and was involved in the siege of Acre when Richard I Coeur de Lion arrived and forced the surrender of the city.
Louis VII's father was Louis VI of France (26), King of France 1081-1137, married Alice or Adelaide of Savoy (26) (1092 - 1154) in 1115, daughter of Hubert II de Maurienne (27) (1062 - ?), Count of Piedmont.
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 Royal Society of North-America | Eleonore of Aquitaine and Louis VII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At age 15 she married Louis VII, King of France, bringing into the union her vast possessions from the River Loire to the Pyrenees.
Although her marriage to Louis continued for a time, and she bore him two daughters, the relationship was over.
That same year, at the age of 15, she also married Louis VII, King of France, bringing to the union her vast possessions from the River Loire to the Pyrenees.
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 Medieval Sourcebook: Odo of Deuil: The Crusade of Louis VII
In the year of the Incarnation of the Word one thousand one hundred forty-six, Louis, the glorious king of the Franks and duke of Aquitaine, the son of King Louis, came to Vezelay at Easter so that he might be worthy of Christ by bearing his cross after him.
Louis also asked the Hungarian and German kings for market rights and the right of passage and he received letters and messengers from them granting what be desired.
As a result, King Louis with his household and a scattering of knights from the army were taken aboard the available ships and sailed to St. Simeon, the port city of Antioch, leaving the rest of the Crusading army to continue the journey as best it could.
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 Louis VII de Francia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Louis hizo implicado en una guerra con Theobald II de Champán, permitiendo Rodolphe, la cuenta de Vermandois y seneschal de Francia, para negar a su esposa, sobrina de Theobald, y para casar Petronille de Aquitaine, hermana de la reina de Francia.
Louis VII por una maniobra lista lanzó a su ejército en la frontera normanda y ganó Gisors, una de las llaves de Normandía.
Louis VII condujo una guerra ineficaz contra el Henrio para casar sin la autorización de su suzerain; pero en agosto 1154 dieron hacia arriba las sus derechas sobre Aquitaine, y se contentaron con una indemnidad.
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 Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH King Louis FRANCE, VII ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL ...
Louis VII in particular had reasons for interfering, and the law was on his side.
Louis continued his father's pacification program by building the prestige of the kingship through an administrative government based on trustworthy men of humble origin and by consolidating his rule over his royal domains rather than by adding new acquisitions.
Louis was helped by the quarrel (1164-1170) between Henry and Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and a revolt (1173- 1174) of Henry's sons.
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 Louis VII on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Louis supported Thomas à Becket during his exile from England and joined in the revolt of Henry's sons (1173-74), but won no territory.
Jean Louis Trintignant arrive mercredi au Théâtre Edouard VII pour l'hommage à Marie L'hommage à Marie Trintignant au théâ.
Jean Louis Trintignant arrive mercredi au Théâtre Edouard VII pour l'hommage à Marie Marqué par l'hommage de la République.
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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
To the venerable and excellent Louis, king of Gaul, Constance, daughter of Alan count of Brittany, greetings and the bond of friendship (amicitiae vinculum).
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 Louis Vii
VII, and of England from 1154 as wife of Henry II.
VII is believed to have been the first to use Azure semé of...
VII and Philip II Augustus) and their ministers; (4) the evolution of administrative kingship in France;...
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 Louis VII of France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Louis VII (1120 - September 18, 1180) was King of France from 1137 to 1180.
In the first part of Louis VII’s reign he was vigorous and jealous of his prerogatives, but after his crusade his piety developed to such an extent as to make him utterly inefficient.
His accession was marked by no disturbances, save the risings of the burgesses of Orléans and of Poitiers, who wished to organize communes.
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 Louis VII --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
Doubtful of her fidelity, he had the marriage annulled in 1152 and, after the death of his second wife, married Alix of Champagne, who bore him his son and heir, Philip II Augustus.
Louis was joined by Conrad III in leading the Second Crusade (1147–49), which failed in all its objectives.
Unfortunately Louis, who was very religious and prone to be jealous, soon discovered that his beautiful queen was a capricious flirt.
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 Louis VII - Wikipédia
Louis VII est un nom porté par plusieurs souverains européens.
Louis VII le Jeune, roi des Francs (1137–1180)
Louis VII le Barbu, duc de Bavière-Ingolstadt (1413–1447)
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 Louis VII King Of France
Louis married Adèle (Alix) Countess Of Champagne on 13 Nov 1160.
Louis also married Eléonore Princess Of Aquitaine Queen Of England, daughter of Guillaume X Duke Of Aquitaine Count Of Poitou and Eléanor De Chatellerault, on 22 Jul 1137 in, Bordeaux, Aquitaine.
Louis also married Constanza Alfonsez Princess Of Castile Queen Of France, daughter of Alfonso VII "Pierre-Raimund" King Of Castile And Leon And Galicia and Berenguela Raimundo De Barcelona Queen Of Castile, in 1154 in,, Castile, Spain.
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 King Louis VII
In the spring of 1146, King Louis VII held a council at Vezelay in Burgundy, where St. Bernard was to preach.
Louis knelt before the holy abbot and received his benediction.
Louis wrote to Emperor Manuel, King Conrad of Germany, Geza of Hungary, and Roger of Sicily, to ensure help and cooperation, mindful of the misfortunes of the First Crusade.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Louis VII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ferdinand VII (1784-1833), King of Spain (1808 and 1814-1833), whose reign was one of the most disastrous in Spanish history.
Louis I (Holy Roman Empire): Charles VII (Holy Roman Empire)
Charles VII (Holy Roman Empire), also known as Charles Albert (1697-1745), Holy Roman Emperor (1742-1745), born in Brussels.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Louis VII
Louis IX : participation in the Seventh Crusade
Charles VII (of France): succeeded by Louis XI
Louis XI (1423-1483), king of France (1461-1483), son and successor of Charles VII, who continued his father's work of restoring unity and stability...
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To come closer to modern times and neighboring kingdoms, I shall recall some memorable deeds of the most christian king of the Franks, Louis, whose happy reign was in our time and who was father to that king Philip (II, 1180-1223) beneath whom the glory of the Normans in northern France vanished for good.
That king Louis (VII, 1137-80) was once attacking a stronghold in Burgundy very dangerous for pilgrims and travellers, named Nonette.
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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