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Showing posts with label King Louis VI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Louis VI. Show all posts
20 February 2026

The Death of William Clito

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So King Henry I of England managed to get the marriage of William Clito and Sibylla of Anjou annulled in 1124 through the help of Pope Cali...
19 February 2026

The Story of William Clito

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When William the Conqueror died, he had already made his wishes clear about the division of his lands. His older son, Robert Curthose , bec...
17 February 2026

Honorius and Conflicts, Part 4

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Bernard of Clairvaux was concerned (as just about everyone for several centuries) about the relationship between religious and secular autho...
20 August 2025

Hildebert of Lavardin

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He didn't want the titles he got, he didn't write the things people said he wrote, he wasn't the saint that some said he was, he...
05 November 2024

King Louis VII

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King Louis VII of France (1120 - 1180) had several children with his second wife, Adélaide of Maurienne. Their eldest, Philip (1116 - 1131) ...
09 January 2023

Reconciling Popes and Others

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When Pope Honorius II died in 1130, two popes were elected by rival factions, first Innocent II by a small contingent of cardinals, and then...
09 October 2013

The College of Sorbonne

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A university meeting Today is the birthday of the founder of the Sorbonne. The Collège of Sorbonne is arguably the best-known college in...
09 November 2012

The Anarchy, Part 1 (of 3)

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When the White Ship sank in 1120, drowning King Henry I's son and heir, William Adelin, England was in crisis. Henry decided that his d...