Chapter 243
THE SEVENTH CRUSADE (1239-1240 A.D.)
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1regory IX preaches a new crusade (1238). The sultan Kamil dies that year.
21239 King Thibaut of Navarre leads an army to Palestine to break the truce made between Kamil and the Templars. The sons of Kamil defeat him and capture Jerusalem.
31240 Richard, earl of Cornwall, proceeds to Acre, and receives offers of peace from the sultan of Egypt. Jerusalem, and other places in Palestine, are restored to the Christians. Richard returns to England.
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