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RRR:
2770
year: 1250
text: After May 6 (surrender of Damietta) J. cancellarius writes to Earl Richard of Cornwall who has been informed by a certain clerk of his who has been sent by the queen of France describing King Louis’s advance on Cairo. The king left the duke of Burgundy, the queen and the other wives of the magnates in Damietta. The advance guard comprising the count of Artois, the master of the Temple and William Longa-spata fought their way across a branch of the Nile and against the advice of the Templars pushed on into Mansurah (Mansor). There they were killed. The king subsequently attempted to return to Damietta but was surrounded and captured. To regain his freedom he paid 100,000 silver marks and surrendered Damietta. After May 6 (surrender of Damietta) J. cancellarius writes to Earl Richard of Cornwall who has been informed by a certain clerk of his who has been sent by the queen of France describing King Louis’s advance on Cairo. The king left the duke of Burgundy, the queen and the other wives of the magnates... more
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 5:165-69
RRR:
2771
year: 1250
text: May 15. Acre. Patriarch Robert of Jerusalem describes for the college of cardinals the departure of the crusade from Damietta on 20 November 1249; its advance and encampment at Mansurah (Mansura); the crossing of the River Tanis (fluvius Thaneos) on 8 March at a spot advised by a spy; the battle of Mansurah, during which the count of Artois (comes Attrebathensis), comes Willelmus Longespy, dominus Andreas de Vitreo, dominus de Cusy, dominus Archandus de Brena, dominus Focardus de Merlo, nearly all the Knights Templar present and many others were killed, while others were mortally wounded; the epidemics that afflicted the Christians and the loss of two-thirds of the army (milites, balistarii, armati) through sickness; the attempt on 4 April to retreat to Damietta; the losses on the way and the killing of 3,000 sick by the Saracens (Sarraceni); the escape of the legate and the patriarch by boat to Damietta; the encirclement of the king near a village called Sarensa; the failure of a force, sent from Damietta on the orders of the queen, to extricate the king; the capture of King Louis, his brothers the count of Poitou (comes Pictaviae) and the count of Anjou (comes Andegaviae), the count of Brittany (comes Britanniae), the count of Flanders (comes Flandriae), dominus Philippus de Monte Forti, dominus Baudoinus, dominus Gwido of Ibelin (de Ybelino), praeceptor Templi, praeceptor Hospitalarius, and many barones and milites; their imprisonment at Mansurah; and the message from the king to the queen, the legate and others in Damietta that he had agreed a truce with the sultan. Patriarch Robert gives the terms as follows: Damietta is to be returned to the Saracens (Sarraceni); the king is bound to pay a ransom and reparation payment of 800,000 Saracen besants; all prisoners held by both sides since the emperor Frederick’s truce with Egypt (1229) are to be released; the lands held by the Christians at the time of the king of France’s arrival are secured, but there will be no return of Jerusalem or Bethlehem or the properties of the church of the Holy Sepulchre. Robert describes how on 1 May, at the king’s request, he visited him in imprisonment, accompanied by an amir. While he was present in the camp, the sultan was assassinated and the patriarch and others were in danger, being badly treated by the Muslims. Following further negotiations, Damietta was handed back to the Muslims on 6 May. After the king’s release he, together with the legate, his brothers and many nobles, left Damietta for Acre, where he will remain until the next September passage, to oversee the fulfilment of the terms of the truce. May 15. Acre. Patriarch Robert of Jerusalem describes for the college of cardinals the departure of the crusade from Damietta on 20 November 1249; its advance and encampment at Mansurah (Mansura); the crossing of the River Tanis (fluvius Thaneos) on 8 March at a spot advised by a spy; the battle of... more
sources: ‘Annales monasterii Burtonensis’, pp. 285-89; RRH 1190. English translation in Jackson, Seventh Crusade, pp. 103-6
RRR:
2772
year: 1250
text: May 20. B[enedict of Alignan], bishop of Marseille writes to Pope Innocent IV. There have been rumours that the citadel of Cairo had surrendered to Louis IX, but now the Hospitaller preceptor of Marseille has informed the bishop by letter that on 26 January Louis arrived at Cairo which was handed over to him by certain Saracens who had rebelled against their sultan as well as by the master of the Hospital (William of Chastel Neuf (Châteauneuf), a prisoner of war since 1244) and other Christians who were held prisoner there. Two days later the sultan brought up 100,000 (or 200,000) mounted warriors and countless infantry. The king organized four divisions of his army: (1) the count of Flanders with the Templars; (2) the counts of Brittany and St Pol; (3) the king with the counts of Poitou, Artois and Provence, the duke of Burgundy and many others; and (4) the count of Artois, the master of the Hospital and several others. Battle lasted from the third hour until nightfall. Many Saracens massacred; the sultan fled; Christian losses – knights, crossbowmen and squires – less than 1,000. The king, the queen (who is pregnant) and the king’s brothers and their wives are in good health although the count of Artois lay on the field of battle as if dead for a day and a night. The king holds Cairo, Babylon and Alexandria. May 20. B[enedict of Alignan], bishop of Marseille writes to Pope Innocent IV. There have been rumours that the citadel of Cairo had surrendered to Louis IX, but now the Hospitaller preceptor of Marseille has informed the bishop by letter that on 26 January Louis arrived at Cairo which was handed... more
sources: Spicilegium, ed. D’Achery, 3:628; Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 6:168-69, no. 87. English translation in Jackson, The Seventh Crusade, pp. 97-98
RRR:
2773
year: 1250
text: *c. June 1250.* Frederick II (l’empereur Ferri) writes to the sultan of Egypt (Tūrān Shāh) urging the release of the king of France. (Unable to deliver the letter owing to the sultan’s death, the messengers came to Acre and showed their letters of credence to the king.) *c. June 1250.* Frederick II (l’empereur Ferri) writes to the sultan of Egypt (Tūrān Shāh) urging the release of the king of France. (Unable to deliver the letter owing to the sultan’s death, the messengers came to Acre and showed their letters of credence to the king.)
sources: Joinville, § 443, pp. 216-18; RRH 1178.
comments: Note: Date is after news of Louis’s captivity, April 1250, became known in the West but before news of Tūrān Shāh’s death, 2 May, was known. The envoys are said to have reached Acre not long after the departure of Louis’s brothers on the autumn sailing
RRR:
2774
year: 1250
text: July 4. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the rector and brothers of the hospital of the Holy Spirit in Acre, of the Order of Crucifers, which is said to pertain directly to the Roman Church, responding to their request by exempting from tithes their garden, which is designated for the sick and the poor of the hospital. July 4. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the rector and brothers of the hospital of the Holy Spirit in Acre, of the Order of Crucifers, which is said to pertain directly to the Roman Church, responding to their request by exempting from tithes their garden, which is designated for the sick and the... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 2:137, no. 4779; RRH 982
RRR:
2775
year: 1250
text: July 13. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the rector and brothers of the hospital of the Holy Spirit in Acre, of the Order of Crucifers, which pertains directly to the Roman Church, responding to their request by declaring them exempt from showing obedience and reverence to the bishop of Acre and the other prelates of churches in the Kingdom of Jerusalem,* if their hospital is exempt via papal privileges, as they assert. July 13. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the rector and brothers of the hospital of the Holy Spirit in Acre, of the Order of Crucifers, which pertains directly to the Roman Church, responding to their request by declaring them exempt from showing obedience and reverence to the bishop of Acre and... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 2:132, no. 4758; Schabel et al., Bullarium 3:503, e-41b, addendum
comments: Note: The text has ‘Cyprus’, but it is presumably an error for ‘Jerusalem’.
RRR:
2776
year: 1250
text: July 19. Notarial instrument drawn up in Genoa by Bartolomeo de Fornari to the effect that the procurator of Cazanemico, son of Enrico Barca citizen of Genoa, has been received into a canonry of the cathedral church of Paphos in accord with a papal letter from Innocent IV addressed to the bishop and chapter of Paphos. In Paphos this was notarized by Rainaldo Beltramo. July 19. Notarial instrument drawn up in Genoa by Bartolomeo de Fornari to the effect that the procurator of Cazanemico, son of Enrico Barca citizen of Genoa, has been received into a canonry of the cathedral church of Paphos in accord with a papal letter from Innocent IV addressed to the bishop... more
sources: Ferretto, ‘I Genovesi in Oriente nel carteggio di Innocenzo IV’, p. 361, no. XXXI
RRR:
2777
year: 1250
text: July 21. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the [cardinal-]bishop of Tusculum (Frascati) and papal legate [Eudes de Châteauroux], relating that it is right to support those Greeks breaking away from the blind darkness of the schism of the old Orient and returning to catholic integrity and the true dawn of the new Orient. Archbishop [Neophytos] of the Greeks of Cyprus wrote to the pope explaining that the papal legate Lawrence had recalled him from exile and that he and his suffragans had submitted to [Eudes] in the name of the Roman Church, asking that the pope and cardinals hear their requests, which were brought by envoys. They requested: (1) to ordain and replace fourteen bishops again as in ancient times; (2) to be subject to the pope directly, as the Latins are; (3) to exercise ordinary jurisdiction over their subjects as before the schism; (4) to have the obedience of the Greek clergy and people, as the Latins do theirs; (5) to be free to become priests and monks, as before Latin control of the island; (6) to receive the tithes from Greek monasteries and from free Greeks and Syrians; (7) to receive a portion of the tithes the Latins receive from the labour and feed of the animals of the Greeks; (8) to hear the spiritual court cases of the Greeks; (9) to appeal only to the pope or his legate and not the local Latin hierarchy; (10) to offer their obedience via the Greek archbishop to the legate and to receive his protection; (11) to have revoked what P[elagius, cardinal]-bishop of Albano, and others had arranged for them. The pope has been unable to obtain sufficient information about the circumstances and causes, however. Wanting to act for the petitioners but not to err, having full confidence in his legate, he orders [Eudes], with the advice of prelates and other prudent men, to investigate the Greeks’ demands and to arrange as he sees fit. July 21. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the [cardinal-]bishop of Tusculum (Frascati) and papal legate [Eudes de Châteauroux], relating that it is right to support those Greeks breaking away from the blind darkness of the schism of the old Orient and returning to catholic integrity and the true... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 2:134-35, no. 4769; Acta Innocentii IV, pp. 130-33, no. 74; Schabel et al., Bullarium, 1:381-85, no. e-42
RRR:
2778
year: 1250
text: July 1-31. Nicosia (?). Guy de Preisseo, priest, donates a jewelled cross to the prioress of Saint Thomas between Saint Roumain del Puy and Lisigneu (i.e. in the canton de Montbrison, dép. Loire) seeking forgiveness of his sins and masses for his soul and those of all Christians. Because he has no seal, he has asked Bernard, dean of Nicosia, to seal this document. July 1-31. Nicosia (?). Guy de Preisseo, priest, donates a jewelled cross to the prioress of Saint Thomas between Saint Roumain del Puy and Lisigneu (i.e. in the canton de Montbrison, dép. Loire) seeking forgiveness of his sins and masses for his soul and those of all Christians. Because he has no... more
sources: Claverie, ‘Une source négligée’, pp. 165-67
RRR:
2779
year: 1250
text: August 1-10. Acre. King Louis IX of France describes for all his subjects the course of events on his crusade after the capture of Damietta and justifies his decision to stay in the East. He describes the Christian advance to Mansurah (Massoria), the news of the death of the sultan of Egypt, the transfer of government to his son and of command of the Egyptian army to an amir called Farchardinus; the Christian encampment, the revealing of a ford across the River Tanis (fluvius Thaneos) by a Saracen (Sarracenus), the battle of Mansurah; the death of the king’s brother the count of Artois (Atrabetensis comes), who Louis believes to be a martyr; the refortification of the Christian camp; the outbreak an epidemic in the Christian army; the Muslim blockade, leading to a dearth of provisions; and the retreat and the capture of the king, his brothers A. count of Poitou (Pictavensis comes) and K. count of Anjou (Andegauensis comes), and the rest of the army on 5 April. Louis then incorporates the terms of a 10-year truce made with the Egyptians: the release of all captives held by both sides since the truce made [in 1229] between the Emperor Frederick and Sultan al Kamil (Soldanus Kyemel), the grandfather of the present sultan; a guarantee that the Christians should hold the territories in the Levant they occupied at the time of Louis’s arrival; the surrender of Damietta to the Egyptians, together with the sum of 800,000 Saracen besants, to cover the release of prisoners and reparations. Louis states that he has already paid 400,000 besants. The Egyptians promised security of possessions and safe-conduct and protection to all the Christians in Damietta, including the sick. Louis describes the assassination of the sultan, the danger in which the Christian prisoners found themselves and the eventual confirmation of the truce and terms of surrender; the occupation of the city by the amirs, the release of Louis himself, and his brothers, together with the count of Brittany (comes Britanniae), the count of Flanders (comes Flandriae), the count of Soissons (comes Suession), and the barones and milites of the kingdoms of France, Jerusalem and Cyprus. Louis writes of his departure from Egypt for Acre, leaving behind representatives to deal with the release of other prisoners and engines, weapons, tents and horses. He describes his anxiety about these prisoners, the measures he took and his failure to secure the release of more than 400 of an estimated 12,000, while he heard that the Egyptians were forcing prisoners to apostatize. He had already intended to leave for France, but his experience of the amirs and their refusal to abide by the terms of the truce led him seek advice from the barones of France, the prelates, the Orders of the Knights Templar, the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, and the barones of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Most of these urged him to stay, to strengthen the Kingdom of Jerusalem and secure the liberation of prisoners. Another reason was that war had broken out between the sultans of Aleppo and Egypt, which might be advantageous for the Christians. Louis states that it is his intention to stay in the Kingdom of Syria for some time. He is, however, sending A. count of Poitou (Pictavensis) comes and K. count of Anjou (Andegavensis comes) back to France. He ends by calling for more crusaders, stating that he is particularly addressing [Franks], who are descended by blood from those whom God chose to win the Holy Land [on the First Crusade]. He calls for reinforcements to sail for the East on the coming May or April passage (in 1251), or, if that is too soon, at least by the St John’s Day passage. He calls on the prelates of France to pray for him. August 1-10. Acre. King Louis IX of France describes for all his subjects the course of events on his crusade after the capture of Damietta and justifies his decision to stay in the East. He describes the Christian advance to Mansurah (Massoria), the news of the death of the sultan of Egypt, the... more
sources: Historiae Francorum Scriptores 5:428-32. English translation in Jackson, Seventh Crusade, pp. 108-14

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