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As a prince, Louis won battles against the armies of King John of England. In 1216 the English barons rebelled against the very unpopular King John and offered the throne to Louis. In May of 1216, Prince Louis of France and his army invaded England in what has become known as the First Barons' War, but after a year and a half of war, Louis had to give up on his desire to become the King of England and signed the Treaty of Lambeth.

Louis succeeded his father on July 14July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. Events 1223 In France, Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France. 1789 French Revolution: Citizens of, 1223; his coronation took place on August 6August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. Events 1806 Francis I, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire. 1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru. of the same year in the cathedral at ReimsReims (English traditionally Rheims is a city of north-eastern France, 98 miles east-northeast of Paris. Its history can be traced back to the Roman Empire. Population (1999): 187,206. Administration Reims is a sous-prefecture of the Marne departement in. As king, he continued to seek revenge on the AngevinAngevin is the name applied to two distinct medieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Huns and seized PoitouPoitou was a province of France whose capital city was Poitiers. There is a marshland called the Poitevin marsh (French Marais Poitevin on the gulf of Poitou, on the west coast of France, just north of La Rochelle. See Count of Poitiers for a list of the and Saintonge from them in 1224. There followed the seizure of AvignonThis article is about the city in France, for the Municipality in Quebec, see Avignon Regional County Municipality, Quebec. Avignon (pronounced [avin^O~] in SAMPA, Provencal: Avignoun is a commune in southern France with some 88,300 inhabitants in the cit and LanguedocLanguedoc Lengadoc in Occitan) is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrenees in the south of France, and whose capital city was Toulouse, now in Midi-Pyrenees. The question of the limits.

While returning to Paris, King Louis became ill with dysenteryDysentery is a severe diarrheal illness often associated with blood in the feces. There are two major types: shigellosis which is caused by one of several types of Shigella bacteria; and amoebic dysentery which is caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytic, and died on November 8, 1226 in the chateau at Montpensier, Auvergne.

The Saint Denis Basilica houses the tomb of Louis VIII. His son, Louis IX, succeeded him on the throne.

Marriage On May 23, 1200, at the age of twelve, Louis married Blanche of Castile ( March 4, 1188 - November 26, 1252).

Issue:

1. Philippe - ( September 9, 1209 - 1218)
2. Louis IX - ( April 25, 1214 - August 25, 1270)
3. Robert - ( September 25, 1216 - February 9, 1250)
4. Jean - ( July 21, 1219 - 1232)
5. Alphonse of Toulouse - ( November 11, 1220 - August 21, 1271)
6. Philippe Dagobert - ( February 20, 1222 - 1232)
7. Isabelle - (June 1225 - February 23, 1269)
8. Etienne - (born and died 1226)
9. Charles I of Sicily - (March 1227 - January 7, 1285)