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Lewis d'Outremer, king of France, i. 210

Lewis VII., king of France, i. 233, 254

Lewis (VIII.) of France, the English crown offered to, i. 355; successes in England, ib.; defeated, ii. 2; withdraws, 3

Lewis IX., king of France, ii. 35, 40, 68, 90

Lewis XI., king of France, iii. 119; relations with Edward IV., 120, 121; with Burgundy, ib.; with Margaret of Anjou, 121; negotiations with Warwick, 122, 123; struggle with League of the Public Weal, 126, 127; again seeks treaty with Edward, 128; Edward's negotiations with, 129; league against, 130; attacks Britanny, 132; captured and released by Charles, ib.; stirs Warwick against Edward, 136; reconciles Warwick and Margaret, 137; alliance with Henry VI., 139; treaty with Edward, 150; seized Picardy, Artois, etc., ib.; war with Maximilian, 151; treaty with him, 170; refuses to recognize Richard III., 169; death, ib.

Lewis XII., king of France (see Orleans), iii. 206, 232

Lewis XIII., king of France, v. 256

Lewis XIV., king of France, vi. 188-189; his policy, 190, 191; alliance with Charles II., 192; relations with England and Holland, 227; sends his fleet to join the Dutch, 239; attacks Flanders, 247; his offers to Spain, 249; treaty with her, 250; policy towards Holland, 251; treaties with Charles, 257, 258; attacks Holland, 268; position after Peace of Nimeguen, 291, 316; persecutes the Huguenots, 317, 335; new agreement with Charles, 323; seizes Strassburg, Casale, and Luxemburg, 335; relations with James II., vii. 12; revokes the Edict of Nantes, 13; relations with James and Holland, 36, 38; attacks Germany, 38, 48; receives James II. at St. Germain, 49; war declared against, by England and Holland, ib.; his fleet, 68; sends troops to Ireland, 71; his successes, 75, 76; turn of his fortune, 79, 80; treaty with William, 90, 91; seizes the Dutch Barrier, 102; acknowledges James's son as king of England, 106; attacks Germany again, 118, 119; his losses, 131, 134; offers terms, 134, 135; death, 183, 185

Lewis XV., king of France, vii. 185, 225

Lewis XVI., king of France, viii. 28; summons the States-General, 83; a Constitution forced on, 86; attempts flight, 95; imprisoned, 101; executed, 103

Lewis XVIII., king of France, viii. 206, 211

Lexington, skirmish at, viii. 22

Leyva, Alonzo da, iv. 363

Liber Albus of London, i. 274

Liber de Antiquis Legibus, i. 274

Liber Custumarum of London, i. 274

Lichfield, diocese of, i. 83

Liége taken by Marlborough, vii. 117

Liegnitz, battle of, vii. 302

Ligny, battle of, viii. 207

Lilburne, John, vi. 28, 75, 78

Lille reduced by Marlborough, vii. 134

Lillibullero, vii. 33

Lilly, William, iii. 200

Limerick, siege of, vii. 72, 73

Limitation Bill, vi. 323

Limoges welcomes Du Guesclin, ii. 285; stormed by the Black Prince, 286

Limousin restored to Edward III., ii. 266

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