Person1177 – 1238
al-Kamil
Ayyubid sultan of Egypt (r. 1218–1238) who defeated the Fifth Crusade and ceded Jerusalem to Frederick II by treaty in 1229
Where they went
2 related events
- 1
Striking at Egypt first, the crusaders took Damietta, but on the march to Cairo they were trapped by the Nile flood and gave Damietta back.
- 2
The excommunicated Emperor Frederick II, without fighting, negotiated with Sultan al-Kamil of Egypt to receive Jerusalem for ten years.
People who appear alongside
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor1194 – 1250
Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1220–1250) and King of Sicily who, while excommunicated, regained Jerusalem by negotiation in the Sixth Crusade
Themes this person appears in
- The Crusades1095 – 1291
From the Council of Clermont to the fall of Acre — two centuries of war between Latin Europe and the Islamic world over the Holy Land