- CountryFrance
- Town:Paris
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Year of creation:1927
- Rider(s):Louis IX
(1214-1270), initiated several administrative reforms. Louis IX, the only Capetian king of France with an equestrian statue, was also known as Saint Louis, one of the patron saints of France and the only canonized king of France.
- Sculptor(s):Lefèbvre, Hippolyte
(1863-1935) was a French sculptor, who created the statue of Jeanne d’Arc as well as the statue of Louis IX on the façade of the Sacré Coeur of Montmartre in Paris.
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Louis IX is the only canonized king of France and the only Capetian king of France with an equestrian statue. His equestrian statue is placed above the entrance of the Sacré-Coeur in Paris together with the other French patron saint: Jeanne d’Arc.
