jan 1, 1248 - Seventh Crusade 1248 – 1254

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the seventh Crusade was led by the French king Louis IX.who intended to conquer Egypt and take over Jerusalem, both then controlled by the Muslim Ayyubid Dynasty. Despite the initial success of capturing Damietta on the Nile, the Crusader army was, in 1250 CE, routed at Mansourah in a repetition of the events of the Fifth Crusade.

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