Louis IX1249
After occupying the Egyptian port of Damietta decides to march to Cairo, encouraged by the arrival of reinforcement led by his third brother Alphonse de Poitiers and the news of the death of as-Salih Ayyub the Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
France · Warfare / Holy Crusades, 7th. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
After occupying the Egyptian port of Damietta decides to march to Cairo, encouraged by the arrival of reinforcement led by his third brother Alphonse de Poitiers and the news of the death of as-Salih Ayyub the Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
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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