Editing List of English monarchs (section)

====Disputed claimant (House of Capet)====

The future '''[[Louis VIII of France]]''' briefly won two-thirds of England over to his side from May 1216 to September 1217 at the conclusion of the [[First Barons' War]] against [[John, King of England|King John]]. The then-Prince Louis landed on the [[Isle of Thanet]], off the north Kent coast, on 21 May 1216, and marched more or less unopposed to London, where the streets were lined with cheering crowds. At a grand ceremony in St. Paul's Cathedral, on 2 June 1216, in the presence of numerous English clergy and nobles, the Mayor of London and Alexander II of Scotland, Prince Louis was proclaimed King Louis of England (though not crowned). In less than a month, "King Louis" controlled more than half of the country and enjoyed the support of two-thirds of the barons. However, he suffered military defeat at the hands of the English fleet. By signing the [[Treaty of Lambeth]] in September 1217, Louis gained 10,000 marks and agreed he had never been the legitimate king of England.<ref>{{Cite web |title=England: Louis of France's Claim to the Throne of England: 1216–1217 |url=http://www.archontology.org/nations/uk/england/king_england/01_louis_france.php |access-date=30 May 2012 |publisher=Archontology.org}}</ref> "King Louis" remains one of the least known kings to have ruled over a substantial part of England.<ref>"[https://thecrownchronicles.co.uk/history/the-only-2-louis-in-british-history-uncrowned-king-louis-the-lion-prince-louis-of-cambridge/ The Only Two Louis in British History]". TheCrownChronicles.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2018.</ref>

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| '''''[[Louis VIII of France|Louis]]'''''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanley |first=Catherine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHk8DAAAQBAJ |title=Louis: The French Prince Who Invaded England |date=2016 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-22164-0 |pages=1066, 1208 |language=en}}</ref><br/>'''''Louis the Lion'''''<br/>2 June 1216<br/>–<br/>20 September 1217<br/>''(1 year, 111 days)''
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| [[File:Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg|75px<!--Arms-->]]
| 5 September 1187<br/>[[Paris]]<hr/>Son of [[Philip II of France]]<br/>and [[Isabella of Hainault]]
| [[Blanche of Castile]]<br/>[[Port-Mort]]<br/>23 May 1200<br/>13 children
| 8 November 1226<br/>[[Duchy of Montpensier|Montpensier]]<br/>Aged 39
| Offered by the Barons<hr/>Maternal grandson-in-law of [[Henry II of England|Henry II]]<hr/>[[Right of conquest]]

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