The French were bombarded by arrows and heavy stones, the Turks swarmed down from the mountains and the massacre began. Louis VII led an ineffective war against Henry for having married without the authorization of his suzerain. As they returned, the King dined with the Emperor at the latter's insistence. Our men took the smaller boats across the river and bought supplies from a certain Hungarian fortress which was not far away. One day from Belgrade, with a river between them, lies the poor little town of Branicevo. Turkish raids took a mounting toll, while the weather impeded progress and did its own share in weakening the morale of the men. These rumors have never been substantiated and conflict with anecdotal evidence supplied by visitors to the Simon home. In Its inner angle lies Santa Sophia and the Palace of Constantine, in which there is a chapel honored for its sacred relics. Finally, in 1177, the Pope intervened to bring the two Kings to terms at Vitry. Louis XVIII (1814/1815-1824) Charles X (1824-1830) Louis-Philippe Ier (Maison d'Orléans, dernier roi des français, 1830-1848) Bibliographie - Les rois de France : De Clovis aux Bourbons de Patrick Weber. The countryside in between is flat. Henry's efforts to preserve and expand on this patrimony for the Crown of England would mark the beginning of the long rivalry between France and England. La période pré-révolutionnaire Fils de Louis de France (mort en 1765) et petit-fils de Louis XV, il est sacré à Reims le 11 juin 1775. Considered a clever move by Louis at the time, it would later prove yet another step towards Angevin power. She, too, failed to give him a son and heir, bearing only two daughters, Marguerite of France, and Alys. Nonetheless, the congregation of the churches and all the clergy came out from the cities with their icons and other Greek paraphernalia and they always received our King with due honor and with fear.... [Adapted from Brundage] The French forces arrived at Constantinople on October 4, 1147. The devout Bishop of Langres, had at that time preached in his capacity as a bishop about the slaughter and oppression of the Christians and the great insolence of the pagans in Rohais, known in antiquity as Edessa. Due to his good relationships with Louis VII, Géza II asked the French king to be his son Stephen's baptism godfather. The city is hemmed in on two sides by the sea: approaching the city, we had on the right the Arm of St. George and on the left a certain estuaryl6 which branches off from it and flows on for almost four miles. Considerada uma jogada inteligente de Luís na época, esta acção acabaria por se tornar em mais um passo importante na construção do poder angevino. From there, at the entrance to Bulgaria, the fortress called the Bulgarian Belgrade presented itself; it is so called to distinguish it from the Hungarian town of the same name. One of his few successes, in 1159, was his trip to Toulouse to aid Raymond V, Count of Toulouse who had been attacked by Henry II: after he entered into the city with a small escort, claiming to be visiting the Countess his sister, Henry declared that he could not attack the city whilst his liege lord was inside, and went home. Louis II 'the Stammerer', Roi de France was born on 1 November 843. Louis sent other messengers to the Emperor at Constantinople - I do not know his name, for it is not written in the book of life. Rich in fame, richer yet in wealth, the city is triangular in shape, like a ship's sail. In January 1794, Louis was placed into solitary confinement and apparently neglected and underfed. In the 1964 film adaptation he was portrayed by John Gielgud, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Permitiu que Raúl I de Vermandois, senescal de França, repudiasse a sua esposa, sobrinha de Teobaldo II, para casar com Petronilha da Aquitânia, irmã da rainha de França. After twelve days, however, it reaches Konya, the Sultan's capital, which is a very noble city. Champagne also sided with the Pope in the dispute over Bourges. Louis understood the danger of the growing Angevin power; however, through indecision and lack of fiscal and military resources compared to Henry II's, he failed to oppose Angevin hegemony effectively. In the meantime, the King sought the advice of the powerful and renowned Bernard of Clairvaux, who agreed to preach on behalf of the Crusade to the King's court during Easter time at Vezelay: In the year of the Incarnation of the Word one thousand one hundred forty-six, Louis, the glorious king of the Franks and duke of Aquitaine, the son of King Louis, came to Vezelay at Easter so that he might be worthy of Christ by bearing his cross after him. Overcome with guilt, and humiliated by ecclesiastical contempt, Louis admitted defeat, removing his armies from Champagne and returning them to Theobald, accepting Pierre de la Chatre, and shunning Ralph and Petronilla.