the ledger of connections
The Connections of Louis IX of France
King of France from 1226 to 1270 (1214–1270) Every person recorded alongside Louis IX of France in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Louis IX of France in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Blanche of Castile, Louis VIII of France
- Spouses
- Margaret of Provence
- Children
- Blanche de France, Isabella of France, Queen of Navarre, Louis of France, Philip III of France, John of France, John Tristan, Count of Valois, Peter, Count of Perche and Alençon, Blanche of France, Infanta of Castile, Margaret of France, Duchess of Brabant, Robert, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
- Siblings
- Charles I of Anjou, Isabelle of France, Robert I, Count of Artois, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, John Tristan, Count of Anjou and Maine, Philip of France
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1214 to 1270.
Medieval era
Rumi
September 30, 1207 – December 17, 1273
Persian poet and Sufi mystic, among the best-selling poets in the world today
Medieval era
Thomas Aquinas
January 25, 1225 – March 7, 1274
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
Medieval era
Francis of Assisi
June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
Medieval era
Al-Musta'sim
1213 – February 20, 1258
37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258)
Medieval era
King John of England
December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216
King of England from 1199 to 1216
Medieval era
Genghis Khan
May 31, 1162 – August 25, 1227
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history
Medieval era
Kublai Khan
1215 – 1294
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
Medieval era
Osman I
August 23, 1258 – August 1, 1326
Founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
Medieval era
Edward I of England
June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307
King of England from 1272 to 1307
Medieval era
Fibonacci
1170 – c. 1240
Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
Medieval era
Dante Alighieri
May 30, 1265 – September 13, 1321
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
Medieval era
Marco Polo
September 15, 1254 – January 8, 1324
Venetian merchant whose travels opened European eyes to Asia