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    Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226), nicknamed The Lion (French: Le Lion), was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As a prince, he invaded England...
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    (Louis VII le Jeune) 1180–1223, Philip II Augustus, the God-Given (Philippe II Auguste Dieudonné) 1223–1226, Louis VIII, the Lion (Louis VIII le Lion)...
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    Siege of Avignon (1226) (category Louis VIII of France)
    Étude sur la vie et le règne de Louis VIII (1187–1226). Paris: Émile Bouillon. Sivéry, Gérard [in French] (1995). Louis VIII le lion. Paris: Fayard. Strayer...
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    (French: Louis Philippe Robert; 6 February 1869 – 28 March 1926) was the Orléanist pretender to the throne of France from 1894 to 1926 as Philippe VIII. Philippe...
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  • Leonora and Alfonso VIII of Castile, married Philip's eldest son, Louis VIII of France (to be eventually known as Louis the Lion). The marriage alliance...
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    nightingale (Le milan et le rossignol, IX.17) The Lion and the Mouse (Le lion et le rat, II.11) The Lion Grown Old, (Le lion devenu vieux, III.14) The Lion in Love...
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    distinguished of the Direct Capetians. Following the death of his father, Louis VIII, he was crowned in Reims at the age of 12. His mother, Blanche of Castile...
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  • 1180), called Louis the Younger Louis VIII of France (died 1226), called Louis the Lion Louis IX of France (died 1270), called Saint Louis Louis X of France...
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    The Carnival of the Animals (French: Le Carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of 14 movements, including "The Swan", by the French composer...
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    Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United...
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