The King of France Louis VII, had grown increasingly concerned with the King of England's "expanding authority" and decided to take action to overthrow him - but he failed. Former headteacher ...

That same year she married Louis, heir to Louis VI of France, who shortly afterwards became king as Louis VII. The couple had two daughters. In 1147, Eleanor accompanied her husband on the Second ...

In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a carved shield with the coat of arms of St Louis (Louis IX), King of France (1214-1270). The shield shows "azure, a semee de lys or" although there is ...