Crusades: Timeline of the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth Crusades, 1245 - 1300

Led by King Louis IX of France, the Seventh and Eighth Crusades were complete failures. In the Seventh Crusade Louis sailed to Egypt in 1248 and recaptured Damietta, but after he and his army were routed he had to return it as well as a massive ransom just to get free. In 1270 he set off on the Eighth Crusade, landing in North Africa in the hope of converting the sultan of Tunis to Christianity but died before he got far. Read Article: Timeline of the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth Crusades, 1245 - 1300