The French army has been strengthened by…
February 1250 CE
The French army has been strengthened by the arrival, in late October, of troops under Alphonse de Poitiers, the third brother of king Louis IX, at Damietta.
The crusaders, encouraged by the news of the death of the Ayyubid Sultan as-Salih Ayyub, begin their march towards Cairo.
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People
Alphonse
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Baibars
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Charles I of Naples
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Faris ad-Din Aktai
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Guillaume de Sonnac
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Henry I of Cyprus
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Jean de Joinville
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Louis IX of France
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Margaret of Provence
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Renaud de Vichiers
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Robert I, Count of Artois
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Shajar al-Durr
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Turanshah
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Groups
Muslims, Sunni
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Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
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Holy Roman Empire
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France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
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Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
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Palestine, Frankish (Outremer)
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Templar, Knights (Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon)
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Damascus, Ayyubid Dynasty of
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Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of
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Cyprus, Kingdom of
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Sicily, Hohenstaufen Kingdom of
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Palestine, Mamluk
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