. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. OUIS IX, of France, whom Mignet callsthe most religious and the most justof men, was born at Poissy, April 25,1215. He succeeded his father, LouisVIII, on the throne, in November,1226, when a boy of twelve, under theregency of his noble mother, Blancheof Castile. It was a critical time for thecause of royalty in France, for the feudallords were eager to curtail its growing power again. Thequeen-widow hastened to have her boy crowned at Rheims,and caused the first attempt at revolt of the disaffected noblesto fall flat. She
. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. OUIS IX, of France, whom Mignet callsthe most religious and the most justof men, was born at Poissy, April 25,1215. He succeeded his father, LouisVIII, on the throne, in November,1226, when a boy of twelve, under theregency of his noble mother, Blancheof Castile. It was a critical time for thecause of royalty in France, for the feudallords were eager to curtail its growing power again. Thequeen-widow hastened to have her boy crowned at Rheims,and caused the first attempt at revolt of the disaffected noblesto fall flat. She gained their leader, Theobald, Count ofChampagne, and others, for her cause, and when the baronsassembled at Corbeil, to seize the young King on his passagefrom Orleans to Paris, she prudently stopped at Montlheri,and sent for help to the Parisians, who came out in mass andcompelled the Confederates to beat a retreat (February, 1227).After some years of conflict with the nobles, their league wasbroken up by the Treaty of St. Aubin de Cormier (1231).But the struggle
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