LOUIS, the name of many kings of France. Louis I., surnamed "Le Débonnaire," was born in 778, succeeded his father Charlemagne in 814, as King of France and Emperor of the West, and died in 840. Louis II., surnamed "The Stammerer," was born in 846, succeeded his father, Charles the Bald, in 877, and died in 879. Louis VI., called "Le Gros," the son and successor of Philip I., was born in 1078, ascended the throne in 1108, and died in 1137. Louis VII., son of the preceding, was born in 1120, succeeded his father in 1137, and died in 1180. Louis IX., canonized as St. Louis, was born in 1215, succeeded his father, Louis VIII., in 1226, and died of a pestilence in 1270. Louis XI., the son and successor of Charles VII., was born in 1423, ascended the throne in 1461, and died in 1483. Louis XII., the son of Charles, Duke of Orleans, was born in 1462, succeeded Charles VIII. in 1498, and died in 1515. Louis XIII., surnamed "The Just," was born in 1601, succeeded his father, Henry IV., in 1610, and died in 1643. Louis XIV., the son of the preceding, was born in 1638, ascended the throne in 1643, and died in 1715. Louis XV., the great-grandson and successor of Louis XIV., was born in 1710, was declared king in 1715, was crowned in 1722, and died in 1774. Louis XVI., the son of Louis the Dauphin, was born in 1754, succeeded Louis XV. in 1774, and was beheaded in 1793. Louis XVIII., the brother of the preceding, was born in 1755, assumed the title of King of France and Navarre in 1795, ascended the throne in 1814, and died in 1824. Louis Philippe, the son of the Duke of Orleans, was born in 1773, was elevated to the throne in 1830, abdicated the crown in 1848, and died in 1850. (See FRANCE.)