Seventh Crusade

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Was a Crusade led by Louis IX of France against the Ayyubids of Egypt.

Chronology

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June 1249: Damietta was taken by the French with little resistance from the Egyptians.

June 1250: In March 1250 Louis IX of France tried to return to Damietta, but he was taken captive at the Battle of Fariskur, where his army was annihilated. Louis fell ill with dysentery, and was cured by an Arab physician. In May he was ransomed for 800,000 bezants, half of which was to be paid before the King left Egypt, with Damietta also being surrendered as a term in the agreement.