Louis VI of France
King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137 · France · Historical Figures · Lived 1081 to 1137 · aged 55
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Something wrong?A medieval French king who fought robber barons and the English king for twenty-nine years, then grew too heavy to ride into battle. His nickname wasn't subtle.
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Epitaph of Louis VI after 1137 Saint Denis church today at Cluny Museum
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Louis VI took the throne in 1108 and spent the better part of three decades at war - first breaking the lawless knights who terrorized the Ile de France, then battling Henry I of England over Normandy. He used force to drag order from chaos and became the first Capet king to issue laws that applied across the entire kingdom of France, pushing royal power outward from Paris. By his forties, his weight had grown so severe he could barely mount a horse, let alone lead men in the field. He died in August 1137, his reign preserved in a biography by Suger, the abbot who served him and called him "the Fat" without irony.
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