Crusades · TURNING POINT ·
Siege of Tunis (1270)
On the Crusades map as “Tunis”
25 Aug 1270 — on his second crusade, Louis IX dies of dysentery in the camp outside Tunis, for reasons of strategy no one has ever fully explained. The last great royal crusade ends before it begins.
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- Fifth to Eighth Crusades (chapter 10 of Crusades)
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- The Crusades, 1095–1291
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