{"slug": "suger", "label": "Suger", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suger", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137934", "qid": "Q137934", "description": "French abbot-statesmen, historian and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture (1080-1151)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1081, 1151], "span_label": ["1081 CE", "1151 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pyrenees", "label": "Pyrenees", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bordeaux", "label": "Bordeaux", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-vii-of-france", "label": "Louis VII of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "viterbo", "label": "Viterbo", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1081, "year_label": "1081 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Suger, French abbot and historian (approximate date) (d. 1151)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1312347020#Births", "title": "1081", "revid": 1312347020, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1134, "year_label": "1134 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – The Saint-Denis basilica, near Paris, is damaged by a fire. This will give the opportunity to the French abbot Suger to rebuild it in a new style, which will open the Gothic period of architecture.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1321069056#Culture", "title": "1134", "revid": 1321069056, "section": "Events › By topic › Culture"}}, {"year": 1136, "year_label": "1136 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Basilica of Saint-Denis is completed to designs by Abbot Suger in Paris, France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365584360#Arts_and_Culture", "title": "1136", "revid": 1365584360, "section": "Events › By topic › Arts and Culture"}}, {"year": 1137, "year_label": "1137 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Louis VI sends his 16-year-old son Louis Capet with an escort of 500 knights to Bordeaux, along with Abbot Suger in charge of the wedding arrangements. Louis and Eleanor are married in the Cathedral of Saint-André. France unites Aquitaine and its territories to the Pyrenees.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362157430#Europe", "title": "1137", "revid": 1362157430, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1147, "year_label": "1147 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Eugene III leaves Viterbo and travels to France. At the start of April he meets Louis VII at Dijon. It is agreed that Abbot Suger, Louis' adviser, governs France while Louis is away.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362163362#Religion", "title": "1147", "revid": 1362163362, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1151, "year_label": "1151 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. c. 1081)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368252433#Deaths", "title": "1151", "revid": 1368252433, "section": "Deaths"}}]}