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King Louis IX of France was captured by Egyptian forces on April 6, 1250, after being defeated during the seventh Crusade Battle of Fariskurin in a decisive victory by the Ayyubid forces. Louis IX was ransomed and later succumbed to dysentery on August 25, 1270 during the Eighth Crusade. His son, Philip III, succeeded him.

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