Damiette

Region: Egypt & North Africa · Coordinates: 31.416, 31.813 · 21 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
AD 1169William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the SeaThe king leads his army down to Egypt, and the Greeks join him by sea and land.
AD 1169William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the SeaThe king besieges Damietta; the Latins and Greeks labor in vain to take it.
AD 1218Chronica Majora of Matthew ParisCapture of the Tower of Damietta: the Christian army knocked down the Sultan's yellow banner and seized it (marginal heading 'Capture of the tower').
AD 1219Chronica Majora of Matthew ParisAfter the siege of Damietta, Muslim forces, with the Sultan and the Alapini, counterattacked with a great host and seized the place the Christians had opened; the first camp between sea and river was held with God's help.
AD 1219Chronica Majora of Matthew ParisThe Christian side (the Teutonic Knights, Frisians, counts and barons) routed the unbelievers.
AD 1219Chronica Majora of Matthew ParisThe citizens of Damietta suffered greatly from the long siege, the sword, hunger and plague. The Sultan promised to make peace with the Christians for the citizens' sake to spare them death, but this is where the line breaks off.
AD 1219Chronica Majora of Matthew ParisOn the Sunday night after All Saints' Day someone got in but was caught by the shout of the camp sentries and taken prisoner or killed; the source counts about 100 prisoners (the subject is garbled by OCR).
AD 1221Chronica Majora of Matthew ParisThe Sultan of Babylon encamped with a great army not far from Damietta and built a bridge across the two arms of the river.
AD 1222Chronica Majora of Matthew ParisLetter reporting the loss of Damietta, from Philip de Albeneio to Ranulf, Earl of Chester.
AD 1222Chronica Majora of Matthew ParisThe King of Jerusalem reached Damietta and gathered his army; after the feast of Saints Peter and Paul he advanced by river and land and met the Sultan's army, which fled before him.
AD 1222Chronica Majora of Matthew ParisIn exchange for an eight-year truce, the crusaders agreed to return Damietta to the Sultan; the King of Jerusalem, the papal legate, the duke and other leading men stayed as hostages, and oaths and hostages guaranteed the terms.
AD 1249Life of Saint Louis by JoinvilleThe crusaders land on the Damietta shore and repel the Saracen cavalry that came out to meet them.
AD 1249Life of Saint Louis by JoinvilleKing Louis leaps from the ship into the sea and takes the lead on the shore: the start of the capture of Damietta.
AD 1249Life of Saint Louis by JoinvilleJoinville judges that Damietta was taken either by God's grace or by starving the enemy, and notes that the former king Jean de Brienne also took it by famine.
AD 1249Life of Saint Louis by JoinvilleHe drives Saracen soldiers away from the siege engines. A large Turkish cavalry force swarms toward the captured engines, and Joinville calls the king for help; the knights were too wounded even to put on their armor.
AD 1249Life of Saint Louis by JoinvilleThe Turks drag their galleys ashore and move them into the Nile, cutting off supplies from Damietta, and famine sets in.
AD 1250Life of Saint Louis by JoinvilleThe Saracens ask what would be offered to recover Damietta. A proposal to hold one of the king's brothers or a count as hostage was made, but the Saracens wanted the king himself as surety.
AD 1250Life of Saint Louis by JoinvilleThe sultan puts the nobles aboard four galleys and sends them to Damietta; Joinville is also aboard one of those ships.
AD 1250Life of Saint Louis by JoinvilleA pact is made with the Saracen emirs: if Damietta is handed over, the king and nobles will be freed. But the sultan breaks the agreement, sending the common people (menu peuple) to Babylon and killing some of them.
AD 1250Chronica Majora of Matthew ParisTo be released, he agreed to return Damietta to the Saracens.
AD 1250Chronica Majora of Matthew ParisChristians were beheaded at Damietta.

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