The Seventh Crusade was the first of the two Crusades led by Louis IX of France. Also known as the Crusade of Louis IX to the Holy Land, it aimed to reclaim the Holy Land by attacking Egypt, the main
Louis IX during the Seventh Crusade
Battle of La Forbie, from Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris
Innocent IV with Louis IX at Cluny
Ascelin of Lombardy with the Mongol general Baiju.
Charles I, commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was King of Sicily from 1266 to 1285. He was a member of the Capetian dynasty and the founder of the House of Anjou-Sicily. Between 1246
Head from portrait statue [fr; it; nl] c. 1277
The crusaders' defeat in the Battle of Al Mansurah, forcing them to abandon the invasion of Egypt. During the withdrawal, the Egyptians captured Charles and his two brothers, Louis IX of France and Alphonse of Poitiers.
Salt crystals in a puddle in Camargue. Salt pans at the delta of the Rhone significantly increased Charles's revenues in Provence.
Charles is crowned King of Sicily in Rome (1266), illustration from the next century