Among the things his mother Blanche of Castile taught him and which he practiced were to remain faithful to his wife Margaret, to kiss lepers, to wear a shirt of rough hair next to his skin which caused constant itching, and to dine with beggars who often smelled so bad that all his attendants and guards were driven out of the room.
Among the things his mother Blanche of Castile taught him and which he practiced were to remain faithful to his wife Margaret, to kiss lepers, to wear a shirt of rough hair next to his skin which caused constant itching, and to dine with beggars who often smelled so bad that all his attendants and guards were driven out of the room. For ten points name this 13th century French Capetian king, who was canonized for such acts as these, as well as leading the Seventh and Eighth Crusades.
Among the things his mother Blanche of Castile taught him and which he practiced were to remain faithful to his wife Margaret, to kiss lepers, to wear a shirt of rough hair next to his skin which caused constant itching, and to dine with beggars who often smelled so bad that all his attendants and guards were driven out of the room.
{Saint Louis} or {Louis IX}