Editing Louis IX of France (section)

===Seventh Crusade===
[[File:C croisade7 prisonnier1.jpg|thumb|upright|Louis IX was taken prisoner at the [[Battle of Fariskur (1250)|Battle of Fariskur]], during the Seventh Crusade ([[Gustave Doré]]).]]
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Louis and his followers landed in Egypt on 4 or 5 June 1249 and began their campaign with the capture of the port of [[Damietta]].<ref name="Encarta-Crusades">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Crusades: Crusades of the 13th century|encyclopedia=Encarta|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|year=2009|url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561210_2/Crusades.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028224256/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561210_2/Crusades.html#s6|archive-date=28 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn|Tyerman|2006|p=787}} This attack caused some disruption in the Muslim [[Ayyubid]] empire, especially as the current sultan, [[Al-Malik as-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub]], was on his deathbed. However, the march of Europeans from Damietta toward [[Cairo]] through the [[Nile River Delta]] went slowly. The seasonal rising of the Nile and the summer heat made it impossible for them to advance.<ref name=crawley/> During this time, the Ayyubid sultan died, and the sultan's wife [[Shajar al-Durr]] set in motion a shift in power that would make her Queen and eventually result in the rule of the Egyptian army of the [[Mamluks]].

On 8 February 1250, Louis lost his army at the [[Battle of Fariskur (1250)|Battle of Fariskur]] and was captured by the Egyptians. His release was eventually negotiated in return for a ransom of 400,000 [[bezants]] or about 200,000 [[livres tournois]], a little less than the French crown's annual income,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gaposchkin |first1=M. Cecilia |last2=Sean L. |first2=Field |title=The Sanctity of Louis IX: Early Lives of Saint Louis by Geoffrey of Beaulieu and William of Chartres |date=2013 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=9780801469138 |page=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=59A6AgAAQBAJ&pg=PP17 |access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref> and the surrender of the city of Damietta.{{sfn|Tyerman|2006|p=796}}