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 response to setbacks in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, beginning with the loss of the Holy City in 1244, and was preached by Innocent IV in conjunction with a crusade against emperor Frederick II, Baltic rebellions and Mongol incursions. After initial success, the crusade ended in defeat, with most of the army – including the king – captured by the Muslims.
Following his release, Louis stayed in the Holy Land for four years, doing what he could towards the re-establishment of the kingdom. The struggle between the papacy and Holy Roman Empire paralyzed Europe, with few answering Louis' calls for help following his capture and ransoming. The one answer was the Shepherds’ Crusade, started to rescue the king and meeting with disaster. In 1254, Louis returned to France having concluded some important treaties. The second of Louis' Crusades was his equally unsuccessful 1270 expedition to Tunis, the Eighth Crusade, where he died of dysentery shortly after the campaign landed.
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Hugh IV of Burgundy and Peter Mauclerc, both are veterans of the Barons' Crusade. August 25 – Louis IX departs from Aigues-Mortes and Marseilles with a...
brother Louis. Beatrice accompanied Charles on the SeventhCrusade in 1248. Led by Louis IX, the crusaders made an extended procession through France. Before...
frequent crusades within Christendom, such as the Albigensian Crusade, achieved their goal of maintaining doctrinal unity. The Fourth Crusade was initiated...
Margaret accompanied Louis on the SeventhCrusade (their first). Her sister Beatrice also joined. Though initially the crusade met with some success, such as...
praying for recovery from a grave illness, Louis led the ill-fated Seventh and Eighth Crusades against the Muslim dynasties that controlled North Africa, Egypt...
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the commanders of the Egyptian forces that inflicted a defeat on the SeventhCrusade of King Louis IX of France. He also led the vanguard of the Egyptian...
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Saint Louis, a biography of Louis IX of France that chronicled the SeventhCrusade. Son of Simon of Joinville and Beatrice d'Auxonne, and brother of Geoffrey...