A crusader King who became a saint
Louis of France spent more time on crusade than ruling his people
King Louis IX of France is one of the few monarchs in history to have been declared a saint by the church. Instead of staying at home and ruling his kingdom, Louis went off on crusade in the Middle East. An intensely pious man, sometimes referred to as a "monk king", he spent years tramping around Egypt in particular with a large army. While on crusade,…
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