Born
1214
Died
1270
Nationality
French
Events involving Louis IX (Saint Louis) (13)
1226
ID: 5211
Blanche of Castile becomes regent - Spanish mother rules France for minor son, defeats baronial rebellions
ID: 5211
1226
ID: 5210
November 8, 1226
Death of Louis VIII - dies of dysentery returning from Albigensian Crusade, 12-year-old Louis IX succeeds
ID: 5210
1234
ID: 5213
Louis IX assumes personal rule - begins just reign, establishes royal courts, becomes model Christian king
ID: 5213
1239
ID: 5214
Louis IX acquires Crown of Thorns - purchases Christ's crown from Latin Emperor, builds Sainte-Chapelle to house it
ID: 5214
1241
ID: 5215
Louis IX begins Sainte-Chapelle - Gothic masterpiece built as reliquary chapel, completed in 6 years
ID: 5215
1248
ID: 5216
Louis IX departs on Seventh Crusade - sails from Aigues-Mortes, well-organized expedition to Egypt
ID: 5216
1250
ID: 5217
April 1250
Louis IX captured at Mansourah - entire army destroyed, king ransomed for huge sum, stays in Holy Land 4 years
ID: 5217
1254
ID: 5219
Louis IX returns from Holy Land - begins great judicial and administrative reforms, creates Parlement of Paris
ID: 5219
1258
ID: 5243
Louis IX abolishes trial by ordeal - replaces with rational judicial procedures, witnesses and evidence
ID: 5243
1259
ID: 5220
Treaty of Paris - Louis IX makes peace with Henry III, returns some lands but keeps Normandy, ends 100 years of conflict
ID: 5220
1270
ID: 5221
July 1270
Louis IX departs on Eighth Crusade - ill-advised expedition to Tunis, hoping to convert Emir
ID: 5221
1270
ID: 5222
August 25, 1270
Death of Saint Louis at Tunis - dies of dysentery outside Tunis, Philip III succeeds, later canonized
ID: 5222
1297
ID: 5244
August 11, 1297
Louis IX canonized by Pope Boniface VIII - only French king to become saint, model of Christian kingship
ID: 5244