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Battle of La Forbie

Type Event Region West Asia Time 1244

On 17–18 October 1244, Egyptian Ayyubid forces and Khwarazmian mercenaries defeated a crusader and Damascus-Homs coalition northeast of Gaza at La Fo…

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  1. 1244Gaza plain · PalestineAfter Jerusalem fell on 23 August, the emir of Homs al-Mansur, al-Nasir Da'ud of Kerak, and the Templar, Hospitaller, Teutonic knights and remaining forces of Jerusalem assembled. On the Egyptian side, command was held by Mamluk commanders including Baybars al-Salihi. The crusader field commander was Walter IV, Count of Jaffa (of Brienne), not the nominal king.
  2. 1244La Forbie · PalestineBattle on 17–18 October. After the Khwarazmians broke the Damascus contingent in the allied center, they enveloped the crusaders. Templar grand master Armand de Périgord was killed; Hospitaller grand master Guillaume de Châteauneuf was captured (Guillaume de Sonnac was his successor, dying at Mansurah in 1250). Walter IV was captured and later died in Egypt, not killed on the spot.
  3. 1244Levantine coast · LevantThe crusaders lost their field army and their coastal strongholds contracted. Pope Innocent IV called for a new crusade at the Council of Lyon in 1245, which became the later Seventh Crusade.

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