capture of Damietta

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The capture of Damietta was a pivotal 1249 Crusader seizure of the Egyptian port city that marked the opening phase of Louis IX’s Seventh Crusade against Muslim-held Egypt.

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capture of Damietta canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Crusades ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
belligerent Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ayyubid dynasty

Crusader states ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
chronologyPosition early phase of Louis IX’s Egyptian campaign ⓘ
combatant European Crusaders ⓘ
linked to: Crusades

Muslim forces of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Muslim forces
commander Louis IX of France ⓘ
conflict Seventh Crusade ⓘ
conflictType medieval siege ⓘ
religious war ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
documentedIn medieval crusade chronicles ⓘ
endTime 1249 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Fariskur ⓘ
Battle of Mansurah (1250) ⓘ
follows Sixth Crusade ⓘ
goal to facilitate potential conquest of Cairo ⓘ
to weaken Muslim-held Egypt ⓘ
hasCause Seventh Crusade ⓘ
hasLanguage Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
hasParticipant Ayyubid Sultanate ⓘ
linked to: Ayyubid dynasty

Crusader forces ⓘ
Egyptian defenders ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian forces

Louis IX of France ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
location Damietta ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
namedAfter Damietta ⓘ
objective seizure of Egyptian port city of Damietta ⓘ
opponent Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
partOf Seventh Crusade ⓘ
campaigns in Egypt during the Crusades ⓘ
pointInTime 1249 ⓘ
relatedTo Fifth Crusade siege of Damietta ⓘ
religiousContext Christian–Muslim conflict ⓘ
Latin Christian crusading movement ⓘ
result Crusader occupation of Damietta ⓘ
Crusader victory ⓘ
significance opening phase of the Seventh Crusade ⓘ
pivotal Crusader seizure of a major Egyptian port ⓘ
startTime 1249 ⓘ
strategicImportance base for an advance on Cairo ⓘ
control of Nile Delta access ⓘ

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Seventh Crusade → keyEvent → capture of Damietta ⓘ