1247 in the crusades

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This page includes the Crusades events that occurred in 1247:
May 5: Death of Richard de Bures, Grand Master of the Order of the Temple.
17 June: The Khwarizmians take Tiberias back to the Crusaders.
September 4: Death of Balian d'Ibelin, lord of Beirut. His son Jean d'Ibelin succeeded him.
15 October: The Khwarizmians take Ascalon to the Crusaders.
Pope Innocent IV places the Kingdom of Cyprus under the dependency of the Papacy and takes it from imperial suzerainety.
Hethium , king of Armenia, sends his brother Smbat to the embassy with the great Khan Guyuk to obtain his help against the Mamluks.

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Chronology of the Crusades