De schepen naderden de Egyptische wateren en de krijgsmacht van de Zevende Kruistocht ontscheepte bij Damietta op juni 1249. ###>The ships of the Seventh Crusade sailed from the French ports of Aigues-Mortes and Marseille to Cyprus during the autumn of 1248, then in 1249 sailed toward Egypt, led by King Louis's brothers, Charles d'Anjou and Robert d'Artois.