Frederick, responding to pressure by the new…

September 1227 CE

Frederick, responding to pressure by the new pope, organizes the Sixth Crusade.

In September 1227, when Frederick is at last ready to embark from Brindisi for the Holy Land, an epidemic breaks out among the crusaders, delaying the emperor's departure.

Even the master of the Teutonic Knights, Hermann of Salza, recommends that he return to the mainland to recuperate.

Frederick is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX on September 29 for failing to honor his crusading pledge.

During the delay, he receives envoys from the late Saladin's nephew Sultan al-Kamil of Egypt, who, threatened by the ambitious designs of his Ayyubid brothers, is disposed to negotiate.

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Brindisi Puglia Italy View →

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Al-Kamil View → Frederick II View → Hermann von Salza View → Pope Gregory IX View →

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Muslims, Sunni View → Papal States (Republic of St. Peter) View → Holy Roman Empire View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of View → Damascus, Ayyubid Dynasty of View → Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of View → Teutonic Knights of Acre (House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem) View → Sicily, Hohenstaufen Kingdom of View →

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Crusades, The View →

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Conflict View → Faith View → Government View →

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