Louis VII was SUPER French.

>Honourable and straightforward to the point of naivety, [Louis](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Louis_VII_ristiretki.PNG) was becoming renowned for his courtesy, his kindness and generosity, and his simplicity. Once he lay down to sleep in a wood, guarded by only two knights, and when the count of Champagne chided him for his rashness, he replied ‘I can sleep alone in complete safety as I have no enemies’. >In later life he showed an attractive unworldliness when talking to the Englishman Walter Map about the wealth of kings. Louis said that the monarchs of the Indies possessed jewels and lions, leopards and elephants; the rulers of Byzantium and Sicily had wonderful silks and precious metals; the German emperor commanded fine soldiers and war horses; and the king of England ‘lacks nothing – he has gold and silver, previous stones and silk, men and horses, all of them in abundance’. But as for the king of France, ‘We have nothing but bread, wine and contentment’. ______________________ **Source:** Seward, Desmond. “Queen of France.” *Eleanor of Aquitaine*. New York: Times , 1979. 29, 30. Print. _______________________ **Further Reading:** [Louis VII of France / Louis le Jeune (Louis the Younger / Louis the Young)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VII_of_France) [Gualterius Mappus (Walter Map)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Map)