1215 in France
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Events from the year 1215 in France
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- January 8 – Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, is elected lord of Languedoc in a council at Montpellier, after his campaign against the Cathar heretics during the Albigensian Crusade. The Crusaders capture Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle and enter Toulouse; the town pays an indemnity of 30,000 marks and is gifted to Montfort.[2]
- April –
- Louis VIII of France, fulfilling his father's vow to crusade against the Albigensians, is cautioned by a papal legate not to impede the crusade.[3]
- At Narbonne, Louis VIII of France ordered the destruction of the town's fortifications in response to a disagreement between Simon de Montfort and Arnaud Amalric and forced the viscount of Narbonne Aimery III of Narbonne and other authorities to swear loyalty to Simon.[3]
- October – First Barons' War: The Barons offer the English crown to Prince Louis VIII of France and invite him to England.[4]
- November – First Barons' War: Louis VIII of France sends the barons a contingent of knights to protect London. Louis agrees to an open invasion, despite the discouragement from his father King Philip II of France and from Pope Innocent III.
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[edit]- Using revenue form the royal demesne, King Philip II of France is the first Capetian king to build a French navy actively. In 1215, his fleet could carry a total of 7,000 men.[5]
Births
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[edit]Deaths
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[edit]- Bertran de Born, French nobleman, poet and troubadour (c. 1140)[8]
- Esclarmonde of Foix, French noblewoman and Cathar
- Giraut de Bornelh (or de Borneil), French troubadour (b. 1138)[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Philip II King of France, Crusader & Reformer". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ Peter of les Vaux de Cernay (1998). The History of the Albigensian Crusade, pp. 554–559. Suffolk, UK: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 0-85115-807-2.
- ^ a b Strayer, Joseph R. (1992). The Albigensian Crusades. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-47209-476-9.
- ^ Harper-Bill, Christopher (2003). "John and the Church of Rome". In Church, S.D. (ed.). King John: New Interpretations. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press (published 1984). p. 312. ISBN 978-0-85115-736-8.
- ^ Bradbury, Jim (1997). Philip Augustus: King of France 1180–1223. The Medieval World. Routledge. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-582-06059-3.
- ^ Bubenicek, Michelle (2002). Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle:Yolande de Flandre, Droit et politique au XIV siecle (in French). Ecole des Chartes.
- ^ Morganstern, Anne McGee (2000). Gothic Tombs of Kinship in France, the Low Countries, and England. Penn State University Press.
- ^ Gérard Gouiran (ed. and trans.), L’Amour et la Guerre: L’Oeuvre de Bertran de Born, 2 vols. (Aix en Provence & Marseille, 1985).
- ^ Sharman, Ruth V. (1989). The Cansos and Sirventes of the Troubadour Giraut de Borneil. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-25635-6.
