Media Contributed by Rick
Coronation of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile at Reims in 1223, miniature from the Grandes Chroniques de France, painted in the 1450s
Louis VIII of France From the Portraits of Kings of France, a series of portraits commissioned between 1837 and 1838 by Louis Philippe I and painted by various artists for the Musée historique de Versailles.
Death of Saint Louis On 25 August 1270, Saint Louis dies under his fleurdelisé tent before the city of Tunis. Illuminated by Jean Fouquet, Grandes Chroniques de France (1455–1460)
Coin of Sheger de-durr (1250) Cairo 1250 British museum collection: After the assassination of Turanshah, the Mamluks and Emirs installed Shajar al-Durr as the new monarch. To legitimize her she was mentioned in the Friday prayers in mosques with names including "Umm al-Malik Khalil" (Mother of al-Malik Khalil) and "Sahibat al-Malik as-Salih" (Wife of al-Malik as-Salih) and coins were minted with her titles
Shajar al-Durr A sketch for Shajar al-Durr `Aṣmat ad-Dīn khatun, 1st sultana of Egypt and the Levant during the Mamluk era
Shajar al-Durr With no actual drawings of Shajar, this 19th century painting by Leon Herbo is often used as a substitute.
Pepin's Promise Painting depicting Abbot Fulrad giving Pepin's written guarantee to Pope Stephen II
Pope Stephen II In the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome
