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1249 in History

Browse historical records dated to 1249. Records are rendered from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

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Historical Events in 1249

1249
Arrest of Louis IX
Louis IX · France · Damietta

Louis IX surrenders to a eunuch named al-Salihi after he was promised he would not be killed and together with his two brothers Charles dAnjou and Alphonse de Poitiers is taken to Al Mansurah where he is imprisoned in the House of Ibrahim

1249
Reballion of Rebels in Kerrera
Alexander II · Scotland · Kerrera

Killed on the Island of Kerrara leading an expedition against the Norwegian Earls

1249
Reballion of Rebels in Western Isles
Alexander II · Scotland · Hebrides

Tries to subdue a rebellion in the Western Isles

1249
Siege of Damietta
Louis IX · France · Damietta

King Louis IX proposes to the Egyptians the surrender of Damietta in exchange for Jerusalem and some towns on the Syrian coast, the Egyptians, aware of the miserable situation of the crusaders, refuse the besieged King's offer

1249
Siege of Damietta
Louis IX · France · Damietta

Louis IX surrenders to a eunuch named al-Salihi after he was promised he would not be killed and together with his two brothers Charles dAnjou and Alphonse de Poitiers is taken to Al Mansurah where he is imprisoned in the House of Ibrahim

1249
Succession
Alexander III · Scotland

Alexander III succeeds as King of Scotland on the death of his father Alexander II

Deaths in 1249

1249
Death of Alexander II
Alexander II · Scotland · Kerrera

Death of Alexander II, suffers a fever at the Isle of Kerrera in the Inner Hebrides

Coronations in 1249

1249
Coronation
Alexander III · Scotland · Scone

Alexander III is crowned King of Scotland

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