While travelling during the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninth_Crusade" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ninth Crusade">Ninth Crusade</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Edward I of England">Prince Edward</a> becomes King of England upon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III_of_England" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Henry III of England">Henry III of England</a>'s death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.