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Death of Louis IX

Death of Louis IX
King Louis IX of France was so pious that he was eventually made a saint. In 1270 he embarked on a Crusade against Islam, his second, but he died in Tunis in northern Africa. This 14th-century manuscript is in the Musée Condé, in Chantilly, France.
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