See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS VI
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manded the roads to See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans, See also:Melun and the See also:south, those of See also:Montmorency near St See also:Denis on the See also:north (who had to restore what they had robbed the See also:abbey of St Denis), those of Le Puiset toward the See also:west, on the way to See also:Chartres, and many others
.
Parallel with this consolidation of his See also:power in the ancestral domains See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis met energetically the Anglo-See also:Norman danger, warring with See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I. of See also:England for twenty-five years
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After the victory of Tinchebray (rio6) Louis supported the claims of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Clito, son of See also:Robert, See also:duke of See also:Normandy, against Henry I
.
A ruthless See also:war followed, in which Louis was at times reduced to the sorest straits
.
In 1119, at a See also:council held at See also:Reims under the See also:presidency of See also:Pope See also:Calixtus II., the enemies were reconciled; but William Clito's claims were not satisfied, and in 1123 war began again on a larger See also:scale
.
Henry I. induced the See also:emperor Henry V. to join in the attack upon See also:France; and, his See also:heir having been drowned in the loss of the " See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White See also:Ship," won the See also:count of See also:Anjou by marrying his only daughter See also:Matilda to See also:Geoffrey, the Angevin heir (1127)
.
The invasion of Henry V. was met by something like a See also:national See also:army, which gathered under Louis at Reims
.
" For a few days at least, the See also:lord of the Ile-de-France was truly a See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of France " (See also:Luchaire)
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See also:Suger proudly gives the See also:list of barons who appeared
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Henry V. came no farther than See also:Metz
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See also:Royalty had won See also:great See also:prestige
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Even See also:Theobald, count of Chartres, the king's greatest enemy, the soul of feudal coalitions, came with his contingent
.
Shortly afterwards (1126), Louis was able to overawe the great count of See also:Aquitaine, William IX., and force his See also:vassal, the count of See also:Auvergne, to treat justly the See also:bishop of Clermont
.
In See also:Flanders Louis interfered upon the assassination of See also:Charles the See also:Good
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He caused the barons to elect as their count in See also:Arras the same William Clito who claimed Normandy, and who was closely See also:bound to the king
.
For a while Louis had Flanders absolutely at his disposal, but he had hardly See also:left William alone (1127) when his brutal oppression roused both towns and nobles, who declared that Louis had no right to interfere in Flanders
.
The See also:death of William Clito, and a See also:savage war with his own See also:seneschal, prevented Louis from effectually resenting this attitude; but See also:Thierry of See also:Alsace, the new count, consented in 1128 to receive from Louis the See also:investiture of all his See also:French fiefs, and henceforth lived on good terms with him
.
In all his See also:wars—those mentioned are but a See also:part of them—Louis fought in See also:person
.
Proud of his strength, reckless in the See also:charge as on the See also:march, plunging into swollen See also:rivers, entering blazing castles, he gained the reputation of a national See also:hero, the See also:protector of the poor, the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, the peasants and the towns
.
The communal See also:movement See also:grew during his reign, and he encouraged it on the fiefs of his vassals in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to weaken them; but the See also:title See also:Father of the Communes " by which he was known in See also:history is not deserved, though he did See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant some privileges to towns on his domains
.
Neither was Louis the author of the movement for the emancipation of the See also:serfs, as was formerly claimed
.
His attitude toward the movement was like that of his predecessors and contemporaries, to favour emancipation when it promised greater See also:chance of • profit, greater See also:- SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)
scope for exploitation of the peasants; otherwise to oppose it
.
He was a great benefactor to the church, aided the new, reformed monastic congregations of Citeau, Premontre and See also:Fontevrault, and See also:chose his two See also:chief ministers from the See also:clergy
.
See also:Etienne de Garlande, whom Louis raised from obscurity to be See also:archdeacon of Notre See also:Dame at See also:Paris, See also:chancellor and seneschal of France, was all-powerful with the king from Iro8 to 1127
.
His relatives monopolized the highest offices of the See also:state
.
But the See also:queen See also:Adelaide became his enemy; both No of Chartres and St See also:Bernard bitterly attacked him; and the king suddenly stripped him of all his offices and honours
.
Joining the rebellious barons, Etienne then led a See also:bitter war against the king for three years
.
When Louis had reduced him to terms he pardoned him and restored him to the chancellorship (1132), but not to his old power
.
Suger (q.v.), See also:administrator of St Denis, enters the See also:scene toward the See also:close of this reign, but his great See also:work belongs to the next
.
Louis VI. died on the 1st of See also:August 1137, just a few days after his son, Louis the See also:Young, had set out for the far south-west, the, Aquitaine which See also:bed been
won by the See also:marriage with Eleanor
.
His wife was Adelaide, or Alice, daughter of See also:Humbert II., count of See also:Savoy, by whom he had seven sons and a daughter
.
See A
.
Luchaire, Louis le See also:Gros, annales de sa See also:vie et son regne (189o), and the same writer's See also:volume, See also:Les Premiers Capetiens, in E
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See also:Lavisse's Histoire de France
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