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| Arrest Louis IX |  |
| 6th April Damietta Louis IX surrenders to a eunuch named al-Salihi after he was promised he would not be killed and together with his two brothers Charles d'Anjou and Alphonse de Poitiers is taken to Al Mansurah where he is imprisoned in the House of Ibrahim
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| Burial Alexander II |  |
| Melrose Alexander II is buried at Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire
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| Canonization Margaret of Scotland | |
| Canonized for transforming the religious & cultural life of Scotland
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| Capture Louis IX | |
| Damietta Captures Damietta without a blow
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| Coronation Alexander III | |
| 13th July Scone Alexander III is crowned King of Scotland
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| Death Alexander II | |
| 8th July Kerrera Death of Alexander II, suffers a fever at the Isle of Kerrera in the Inner Hebrides
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| Invasion of Egypt Louis IX | |
| Damietta After occupying the Egyptian port of Damietta decides to march to Cairo, encouraged by the arrival of reinforcement led by his third brother Alphonse de Poitiers and the news of the death of as-Salih Ayyub the Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
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| Damietta The ships enter the Egyptian waters and the troops of the Seventh Crusade disembark at Damietta
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| The aims of the Crusade are to defeat Egypt, destroy the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt and Syria and recover Jerusalem which the Muslims had recaptured in 1244
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| With the full support of Pope Innocent IV during the First Council of Lyon, King Louis IX of France accompanied by his brothers Charles d'Anjou and Robert d'Artois launches the Seventh Crusade against Egypt
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| Invasion of Egypt Poitiers, Alphonse de | |
| Damietta After occupying the Egyptian port of Damietta decides to march to Cairo, encouraged by the arrival of reinforcement led by his third brother Alphonse de Poitiers and the news of the death of as-Salih Ayyub the Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
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| Invasion of Sardinia Enzio |  |
| Sardinia Enzio is captured by Bolognese forces
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| Rebellion Alexander II | |
| July Hebrides Tries to subdue a rebellion in the Western Isles
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| 8th July Kerrera Killed on the Island of Kerrara leading an expedition against the Norwegian Earls
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| Siege of Cairo Louis IX | |
| Cairo After occupying the Egyptian port of Damietta decides to march to Cairo, encouraged by the arrival of reinforcement led by his third brother Alphonse de Poitiers and the news of the death of as-Salih Ayyub the Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
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| Cairo Marches on Cairo but is stopped at Mansura
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| Siege of Damietta Louis IX | |
| Damietta The ships enter the Egyptian waters and the troops of the Seventh Crusade disembark at Damietta
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| Mar Damietta King Louis IX proposes to the Egyptians the surrender of Damietta in exchange for Jerusalem and some towns on the Syrian coast, the Egyptians, aware of the miserable situation of the crusaders, refuse the besieged king's offer
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| 6th April Damietta Louis IX surrenders to a eunuch named al-Salihi after he was promised he would not be killed and together with his two brothers Charles d'Anjou and Alphonse de Poitiers is taken to Al Mansurah where he is imprisoned in the House of Ibrahim
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| Succession Al-Mu Azzam Turanshah |  |
| Succeeds as Sultan of Egypt
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| Succession Muhammad I |  |
| Succeeds as Caliph of the Hafsid Kingdom
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| Succession Andrei II of Russia |  |
| Succeeds his uncle Svyatoslav III as the Grand Duke of Vladimir, Andrey and Alexander went to Karakorum in Mongolia, where Andrey is appointed the next Grand Duke of Vladimir
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| Succession Alexander III | |
| 6th July Alexander III succeeds as King of Scotland on the death of his father Alexander II
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