RRR:
2773
YEAR:
1250
text:
*c. June 1250.* Frederick II (l’empereur Ferri) writes to the sultan of Egypt (Tūrān Shāh) urging the release of the king of France. (Unable to deliver the letter owing to the sultan’s death, the messengers came to Acre and showed their letters of credence to the king.)
Sources:
Joinville, § 443, pp. 216-18; RRH 1178.
Comments:
Note: Date is after news of Louis’s captivity, April 1250, became known in the West but before news of Tūrān Shāh’s death, 2 May, was known. The envoys are said to have reached Acre not long after the departure of Louis’s brothers on the autumn sailing
