How did louis ix die

He took part in two crusades in and and wrote a biography of Louis. This last work contains the earliest surviving collection of miracles attributed to Louis after his death in William died between and Little is known about William. He or at least his family was presumably from Chartres. He was employed at the royal court by At the time, he was a secular cleric.

William was a part of Louis's inner circle during the Seventh Crusade.

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He went into captivity along with the king in He is referred to in documents of this time as "Lord William" and was attached to the royal chapel. In —, acting as a royal agent, he purchased properties on the left bank of the Seine for the Sorbonne. A document of calls him a priest. According to his own account, William held the office of treasurer for five and a half years.

He is last recorded in that capacity in December and must have entered the Dominican Order the following year. In —, he took part in the preparations of the Eighth Crusade. William began work on his biography of Louis IX after January , after the death of Geoffrey of Beaulieu, who had written his own biography of Louis, and seemingly while Pope Gregory X was still alive.

He was most likely actively writing in —