Louis VIII

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noun

1. known as Coeur-de-Lion. 1187–1226, king of France (1223–26). He was offered the English throne by opponents of King John but his invasion failed (1216)

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After John’s death he crowned the infant Henry III. and played an active part in organizing resistance to the rebels led by Louis of France, afterwards king Louis VIII.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Her husband, Louis VIII, was ambitious to rival his father, Philip Augustus, who had seized Normandy in 1203.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry

The chief innovation of Philip's son, Louis VIII, was the creation of appanages.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

Their northern boundary was very slightly farther than the Rue aux Fossés Louis VIII.

From The Story of Rouen by Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir

In Aragon Don Jayme I., in 1226, issued an edict prohibiting all heretics from entering his dominions, probably on account of the fugitives driven out of Languedoc by the crusade of Louis VIII.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles