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Louis IX of France

King of France from 1226 to 1270 (1214–1270)

  • Fame65.0
  • Momentum0.0
  • Historical Figures rank#174
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame65.0
  • Momentum0.0
  • Historical Figures rank#174
  • Wikipedia80.2K
Lived 1214–1270, aged 56France
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  • Wikipedia
    86 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1214–1270
    Aged 56
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

The only French king ever canonized, Louis IX built his fame on two incompatible pillars: revolutionary legal reforms that shaped modern justice, and crusades that ended in ransom and death by dysentery.

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Crowned at twelve in 1226 after his father's death, Louis spent his early years under his mother Blanche of Castile's regency as she crushed rebellious vassals and prosecuted the Albigensian Crusade. As an adult he fought England's Henry III to a standstill at Taillebourg, annexed provinces across Aquitaine and Provence, and overhauled French law — abolishing trial by ordeal, enshrining presumption of innocence, and creating a royal appeals system through new offices of provosts and bailiffs. His piety earned him the label "monk king," but it had teeth: he ordered Jews to wear yellow badges an…

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Fame
Falling
65.0
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical26.9
Now attention1.8
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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Category rank
#174
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence