Louis VI

We learn that the imposing 13th-century fortress in Angers (more than 200 miles away from Paris, but accessible thanks to the TGV) was built by Blanche de Castille, Louis VIII's cruel and dynamic wife, who served as regent to Louis VI (St. Louis).

Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011

HOST: Spies from France have reported that Louis VI has refused a marriage arrangement with Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Doug Lieblich: Opening to a Late Night Show Aired in the Middle Ages Doug Lieblich 2011

We learn that the imposing 13th-century fortress in Angers (more than 200 miles away from Paris, but accessible thanks to the TGV) was built by Blanche de Castille, Louis VIII's cruel and dynamic wife, who served as regent to Louis VI (St. Louis).

Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011

It was here, she notes, that Abbot Suger, subsequently dubbed the father of the Gothic Cathedral, "first pierced the solid stone walls of the dark ages to create the world's first rose window so that jewelled light would shine on and glorify the king Louis VI he wished to raise above all men."

Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011

HOST: Spies from France have reported that Louis VI has refused a marriage arrangement with Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Doug Lieblich: Opening to a Late Night Show Aired in the Middle Ages Doug Lieblich 2011

It was here, she notes, that Abbot Suger, subsequently dubbed the father of the Gothic Cathedral, "first pierced the solid stone walls of the dark ages to create the world's first rose window so that jewelled light would shine on and glorify the king Louis VI he wished to raise above all men."

Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011

The second, more generous attitude is represented by Suger, the 12th-century abbot of St. Denis who served as regent for Louis VI while the king was away on a crusade.

Hidden Treasure Henrik Bering 2011

Louis VI, after a struggle (1128–30), terminated their dominance, and thenceforth the Capetians relied increasingly on lesser and more docile nobles, clerics, and bourgeois men of affairs.

c. France 2001

In 1106 this same Adam chose as his secretary one of the inmates of the monastery, Suger, destined shortly to become the most influential man in France through his position as advisor to Louis VI, and also the foremost historian of his time.

Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes 1922

The count having left no heir, Louis VI of France upheld the claim of William of

Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915