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1. The Sixth Crusade was the first crusade to set sail without the official blessing of the Pope.
2. The Sixth Crusade was proposed by Pope Gregory IX, but found few takers, previous crusades having proved such failures.
3. The Sixth Crusade was the strangest Crusade of all, in view of what caused it and how it got results.

Successful Crusade

1. An argument can be made that the Sixth Crusade was the most successful Crusade of all; it was certainly the most unusual.

Attempt

1. The Sixth Crusade started in 1228 as an attempt to reconquer Jerusalem.

Muslims

1. By the time of the Sixth Crusade (1228-29), the Muslims were split and weakened.

Emperor

1. This was planned by the Pope, who hoped by this bond to attach the Emperor firmly to the Sixth Crusade.

Emperor Frederick

1. Sixth Crusade In 1228, Emperor Frederick II set sail from Brindisi for Syria, though laden with the papal excommunication.

Truce

1. The truce occurred during the sixth crusade, which had begun in 1228 with the objective of regaining Jerusalem from Egyptian control.

Pope Gregory Ix

1. Frederick was excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX in 1227 for failing to honor his promise to launch the Sixth Crusade.

Damietta

1. A letter from Guy, a knight, concerning the capture of Damietta on the sixth Crusade with a speech delivered by Saint Louis to his men.

Al-Kamil

1. Thus, when the Emperor Frederick showed up on the Sixth Crusade, al-Kamil was inclined to negociate rather than to fight.

Crusader States

1. Frederick II also introduced this division to the Crusader States in Syria during the Sixth Crusade.

Crusader State

1. Frederick II also introduced this division to the Crusader State s in Syria during the Sixth Crusade.

Crusade

1. Frederick II, excommunicated for his constant delays in undertaking a crusade, set out on the Sixth Crusade in 1228.

Excommunication

1. However, Frederick believed he was a sincere Christian, and led the Sixth Crusade to the Holy Land while under excommunication.

Otranto

1. Gregory began his pontificate by suspending the emperor, then lying sick at Otranto, for dilatoriness in carrying out the promised Sixth Crusade.

Jerusalem

1. In 1244 the Khwarezmians retook Jerusalem, after the end of a ten-year truce following the Sixth Crusade.
2. The Sixth Crusade started in 1228 as an attempt to regain Jerusalem.

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick

1. Sixth Crusade (1228-1229): led by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II von Hohenstaufen, against the Pope's wishes (Frederick and the pope didn't get along).
2. He suspended Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II for not carrying out the Sixth Crusade that he had promised at his coronation on 22 November 1220.

Sixth Crusade

1. In 1244 the Khwarezmians sacked Jerusalem, which had been handed over to Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor by al-Kamil during the Sixth Crusade.
2. In 1244, shortly after the expiry of the ten-year truce of the Sixth Crusade, the Khwarezmians retook Jerusalem.
3. Gregory IX began his pontificate by suspending the Emperor, then lying sick at Otranto, for dilatoriness in carrying out the promised Sixth Crusade.

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1. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick
2. Expiry
3. Otranto
4. Excommunication
5. Crusader State
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