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King Louis IX Carrying the Crown of Thorns
Created in Tours, France, sometime between 1245-1248 CE, this stained glass panel depicts King Louis IX (r. 1226-1270 CE) carrying the crown of thorns. Measures 55 x 35 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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Louis-Auguste Cézanne by Paul Cézanne
An 1866 painting in oils, Louis-Auguste Cézanne, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne here paints his father reading the newspaper L'Événement. The paper was not the one his father usually read but the...

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Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Portrait of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747-1793) with the insignia of the Grand Orient of France. Oil on canvas portrait by Michel Garnier, 1781.
Condé Museum, Chantilly.

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Louis I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
Louis I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1530-1569), oil on panel by an unknown French painter, 16th century.
Palace of Versailles.

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Louis XIII Crowned by Victory
Louis XIII Crowned by Victory, oil on canvas by Philippe de Champaigne, 1635.
Louvre, Paris.

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Louis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII of France in Coronation Robes, oil on canvas by François Gérard, c. 1814.
Hôtel Beauharnais, Paris.

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Saint Louis Castle
A photo showing Castle of Saint Louis, a ruined crusader castle located in Sidon, Lebanon. Built by the French crusaders in 1254 CE.

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Coin Depiction of Louis the Pious
9th-century silver coin depicting Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks (r. 814-840).
The British Museum, London.

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Louis XIII in Armor
Louis XIII of France (r. 1610-1643) in armor, oil on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1622-25.
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California.

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Henry III of England
Henry III of England ruled from 1216 to 1272 CE. The son of the unpopular King John of England (r. 1199-1216 CE), Henry was immediately faced with the ongoing Barons' War which had been fuelled by discontent over John's rule and his failure...