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Louis VI of France
Louis VI, called the Fat or the Fighter, reigned as King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137. Like his father Philip I, Louis made a lasting contribution to centralizing the institutions of royal power. He spent much of his twenty-nine-year reign fighting – either against the "robber barons" who plagued the Île-de-France, or against Henry I of England for the English continental possessions in Normand…
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politics · King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137 · monarch · also Louis VI of France, Louis VI, le Gros, Luis VI el Gordo o el Batallador, France
Born 1 December 1081 · Died 1 August 1137 · Q165883
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Died 1137-08-01.
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Career landmark: king of Franks (1108–1137).
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