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Saint Louis

noun

King of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270). Synonyms: Louis IX, St. Louis.

The largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century. Synonyms: Gateway to the West, St. Louis.

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... granted to his widow and son, in November, 1331, to transport the body to Wigmore Abbey. Married Jeanne de Geneville, daughter and co-heir of Peter de Geneville (son of Geoffroi de Vaucouleur, brother of the Sieur de Joinville, historian of Saint Louis) and Jeanne de Lusignan: born February 2, 1286; married before 1304. On hearing of her husband's escape from the Tower in August 1323, she journeyed to Southampton with her elder children, intending to rejoin him in France: but before she set sail, on April ...

— In Convent Walls - The Story of the Despensers • Emily Sarah Holt

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