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Seventh Crusade: The Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt defeated and captured King Louis IX of France at the Battle of Fariskur.
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Seventh Crusade
Religious crusade in Egypt, 1248 to 1254
The Seventh Crusade (1248–1254) was the first of the two Crusades led by Louis IX of France. Also known as the Crusade of Louis IX to the Holy Land, it aimed to reclaim the Holy Land by attacking Egypt, the main seat of Muslim power in the Near East. The Crusade was conducted in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ayyubid dynasty
Sultanate in Egypt and Levant from 1174 to 1341
The Ayyubid dynasty, also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish origin, Saladin had originally served the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Louis IX of France
King of France from 1226 to 1270; Catholic saint
Louis IX, also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians. Following the death of his father, Louis VIII, he was crowned in Reims at the age of 12. His mother, Blanche of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Fariskur (1250)
Ayyubid victory ending the Seventh Crusade
The Battle of Fariskur was the last major battle of the Seventh Crusade. The battle was fought on 6 April 1250, between the Crusaders led by King Louis IX of France and Egyptian forces led by Turanshah of the Ayyubid dynasty.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)