Le Roi Louis - French Crusader Song

This is a song in honor of the Crusader King Saint Louis IX of France, who partook in the 7th and 8th crusade, and died in the 8th crusade, in Tunisia.

Louis was also a devout Catholic. He severely punished blasphemy, for which he set the punishment to mutilation of the tongue and lips. He also forbid gambling, interest-bearing loans and prostitution in France. He contributed a lot of money for the preservation of relics of Christ and he built the Sainte-Chapelle for them. He also expanded the scope of the Inquisition and ordered the burning of Talmuds and other Jewish books. He is the only canonized king of France, and there are consequently many places named after him.

The song is sung by a choir of soldiers called Chœur de la Joyeuse Garde.

Lyrics:
Le Roy Louis a convoqué,
Tous ses barons et chevaliers.
Le Roy Louis a demandé,
"Qui veut me suivre où que j'irai?"

Les plus ardents se sont dressés,
Ont juré Foi, Fidélité.
Les plus prudents ont deviné,
Où le Roy voulait les mener.

Ainsi parla le Duc de Baume,
"Je combattrai pour le royaume."
Le Roy lui dit "c'est point assez:
Nous défendrons la Chrétienté."

Ainsi parla Seigneur d'Estienne:
"Je défends la terre chrétienne,
Mais je ne veux pas m'en aller
Semer la mort dessus la mer."

"Ah", dit le Roy, "notre domaine,
S'étend sur la rive africaine,
Jusqu'au désert le plus avant.
C'est notre fief, et prix du sang."

S'en est allé le Roy Louis.
Les plus fidèles l'ont suivi.
S'en sont allés bien loin, bien loin,
Pour conquérir le fief divin.

[MarkSeinIII]

Just watched the Olympic ceremony. Please come back St. Louis.

[leilsonsantiagop]

São Luís, a França precisa do senhor.

[gqecikr]

French culture is attractive and powerful. Mayb God makes thy great again! Greeting from China

[amadexi]

Back when the Kings actually went to war with their men.

[cessinehanna]

I am a Maronite from Lebanon, Saint Louis considered my people a part of France and from that moment the friendship between France and Lebanon began. 🇨🇵 🇱🇧
Love and respect to every christian who still maintains the true faith and loyalty to God ❤️♰

[bigsmoke]

Greetings from an Iraqi (Assyrian) Christian. Vive La France!
🇮🇶❤️🇫🇷

[stephenscull]

In the city of St. Louis, Missouri, USA there is a statue of St. Louis, from whom the city took its name. In 2020 during rioting by extreme leftwing elements, these “revolutionaries” sought to discredit St. Louis and destroy the statue. Thanks for sharing the noble history of this monarch who was truly a saintly and kind man.

[aahlstrom]

A truly noble Catholic Christian king! Greetings from Texas and blessed Feast of King Louis!

[ultimoespanol]

Fuck Olympics. Wake up France. Greetings from Spain. 🇪🇸🤝🇨🇵

[basedkaiser]

St-Louis was a king who truly cared for his people, he invited the poor in his castle to eat and he was the one serving them, he built hospitals for them and according to his temporaries he really liked serving blind people because they didn’t know that the king himself was serving them, they thought it was his servants.

[alharalambros]

Damn, the French really killed it with these crusader songs!

[TurkAntuan]

Im a Turk and even my ancestors loved him. He is one of my favorite Saints. May he pray for us all.

[xHugoxN]

How far France has fallen. Blasphemy at the Olympics. Louis pray for us.

[maksdorleans]

Vive le Roy Louis, vive le Québec et vive la mère patrie! 🇨🇵

[definedsir]

Clicked the moment I saw the words crusade. Not dissapointed.

[instaurareomniainchristo]

Petite anecdote historique : saint Louis à également participé à la Reconquista en envoyant à son cousin saint Ferdinand III de Castille un régiment de soldat français pour l'aider à reprendre Séville 🇪🇦🇫🇷

[carecrow]

The French absolutely killed it with this

[moritztabor]

Strong and fierce is the french will, proud is their history. Greetings and love from a German brother to you.

[yunusjonas]

Je suis chrétien orthodoxe Marocain ☦️🇲🇦
Je supporte pour retourner l'église catholique présente en plus au Marocchium
Maroc étaient Catholique Romain 😭😭😭
Vive le roi Christ ☦️✝️🙏

[charptho]

I am a french, coming from the depth of the liberal french society. This year, at 33 years old, I will probably convert to christianism, rediscover my root and get baptized