France · Warfare / Holy Crusades, 7th. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
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
Turanshah captures Louis IX at the Battle of Fariskur
Louis IX is ransomed for 400,000 dinars after he pledged not to return to Egypt again and surrender Damietta to the Egyptians, he is allowed to leave alive on the Eighth to Acre with his brothers and 12,000 war prisoners
Turanshah releases Louis IX for 800,000 gold pieces & the Crusaders evacuate Damietta
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