Louis the Lion

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Capetian dynasty member King of France human monarch

Louis the Lion was the nickname of Louis VIII of France, a Capetian king who briefly ruled in the early 13th century and led military campaigns that expanded royal authority.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Louis the Lion canonical 3
the given name Louis 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Capetian dynasty member ⓘ
King of France ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Louis VIII of France ⓘ
attemptedTitle King of England ⓘ
burialPlace Basilica of Saint-Denis ⓘ
surface form: Saint Denis Basilica
centuryOfActivity 13th century ⓘ
child Alphonse, Count of Poitiers ⓘ
Charles I of Anjou ⓘ
Louis IX of France ⓘ
Robert I, Count of Artois ⓘ
conflict First Barons' War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1187-09-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1226-11-08 ⓘ
dynasticRole heir of Philip II Augustus ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
father Philip II of France ⓘ
givenName Louis ⓘ
house Capetian dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of Capet
invaded England ⓘ
invadedYear 1216 ⓘ
languageSpoken Old French ⓘ
ledMilitaryCampaign campaigns against the English in Poitou ⓘ
campaigns to assert royal authority in Languedoc ⓘ
operations connected to the Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
lostBattle Battle of Lincoln (1217) ⓘ
Battle of Sandwich (1217) ⓘ
monarchPredecessor Philip II of France ⓘ
monarchSuccessor Louis IX of France ⓘ
mother Isabella of Hainaut ⓘ
nickname Louis the Lion self-link ⓘ
notableEvent consolidation of royal authority in southern France ⓘ
parentOfSaint Louis IX of France ⓘ
patronage French monarchy’s administrative expansion ⓘ
placeOfBirth Paris ⓘ
placeOfDeath Château de Montpensier ⓘ
positionHeld Dauphin of France ⓘ
King of France ⓘ
reignEnd 1226 ⓘ
reignStart 1223 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Blanche of Castile ⓘ
strengthenedInstitution royal authority in France ⓘ
succeededToTitle King of France in 1223 ⓘ
supportedBy English barons opposed to King John of England ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Lambeth (1217) ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis VIII of France → alsoKnownAs → Louis the Lion ⓘ
Prince Louis of France → alsoKnownAs → Louis the Lion ⓘ
Lewis → derivedFrom → Louis the Lion ⓘ
this entity surface form: the given name Louis
Louis the Lion → nickname → Louis the Lion self-link ⓘ