Category:Saint Louis IX

Born: 25 April 1214 in Poissy, France Died: 25 August 1270 (aged 56) Tunis in what is now Tunisia Honored in: Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion Canonized: 1297 by Pope Boniface VIII Feast: 25 August Attributes: Depicted as King of France, generally with a crown, holding a sceptre with a fleur-de-lys on the end, possibly with blue clothing with a spread of white fleur-de-leis (coat of arms of the French monarchy) Patronage: Third Order of St. Francis, France, French monarchy; hairdressers; passementiers (lacemakers)

(born in 1214, died in 1270, Optional Memorial on August 25)
 * Louis was born on April 25, 1215 (other source says 1214) in Poissy. He was the son of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. Upon the death of his father King Louis VIII, he became king of France when he was eleven years old. While Louis was still a minor, his mother Blanche acted as regent from 1226 to 1234. Louis married Marguerite of Provence when he was nineteen and was the father of eleven children. He was involved in a crusade from 1248 to 1249. He concluded the treaty of Paris with King Henry III of England on May 28, 1258. He is remembered for the words of his mother which he followed: "I would rather see you dead at my feet than guilty of a mortal sin." While on another crusade in 1270, he succumbed to a plague and died near Tunis on August 25, 1270. He was canonized by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297.