Definition of Louis IX

1. Noun. King of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270).

Exact synonyms: Saint Louis, St. Louis
Generic synonyms: King Of France, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Louis IX

Louis Armstrong
Louis Auchincloss
Louis B. Mayer
Louis Bleriot
Louis Braille
Louis Burt Mayer
Louis Charles Alfred de Musset
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louis Eugene Felix Neel
Louis Henri Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan
Louis I
Louis II
Louis III
Louis IV
Louis IX (current term)
Louis Isadore Kahn
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
Louis Joliet
Louis Jolliet
Louis Leakey
Louis Pasteur
Louis Quatorzian
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
Louis Stanton Auchincloss
Louis Sullivan
Louis Untermeyer
Louis V
Louis VI
Louis VII

Literary usage of Louis IX

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1880)
"... Louis IX. — Hia Character — Digression upon the Crusades —Philip 111.— Philip IV. — Aggrandizement of French Monarchy under bis ..."

2. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1837)
"Philip Augustus— Conquest of Normandy— War in Languedoc—Louis IX.— His Character—Digression upon the Crusades—Philip III.—Philip IV. ..."

3. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose edited by Henry Cabot Lodge, Francis Whiting Halsey (1909)
"JEAN DE JOINVILLE Born about 1224; died in 1317; attended Louis IX in the Seventh Crusade, spending six years in the East; his "Memoirs of Louis IX," ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... after the capture of Avignon, at Montpensier in Auvergne on November 8, 1226, and was succeeded by his son Louis IX. Louis IX., SAINT (1215-1270). ..."

5. A History of France by George William Kitchin (1881)
"Louis IX, called Saint Louis. AD 1226-12/0. I. THE KING'S YOUTH. AD 1226-1244. THE accession of Louis IX to the throne in 1226 was a critical moment for the ..."

6. The History of the Crusades: For the Recovery and Possession of the Holy Land by Charles Mills (1844)
"Louis IX. gathered no new laurels in his transmarine expedition. ... Louis IX. prepares for his second Crusade.—Crusading spirit in England. ..."

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