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While fighting his uncle's battles on the Pyrenees, and besieging Gerona, Philip III. WHILE FIGHTING HIS UNCLE'S BATTLES ON THE PYRENEES AND BESIEGING GERONA PHILIP THE
th all his army. He obtained his release by giving up Damietta, and paying a heavy ransom. After twenty years, in 1270, he attempted another crusade, which was still more unfortunate, for he landed at Tunis to wait for his brother to arrive from Sicily, apparently on some delusion of favourable dispositions on the part of the Bey. Sickness broke out in the camp, and the king, his daughter, and his third son all died of fever; and so fatal was the expedition, that his son Philip III. returned to France escorting five coffins, those of his father, his brother, his sister and her husband, and his own wife and child. 11. Philip the Fair.--The reign of _Philip III._ was very short. The insolence and cruelty of the Provençals in Sicily had provoked the natives to a massacre known as the Sicilian Vespers, and they then called in the King of Aragon, who finally obtained the island, as a separate kingdom from that on the Italian mainland where Charles of Anjou and his descendants still reigned. RA WITH ALL HIS ARMY HE OBTAINED HIS RELEASE BY GIVING UP DANETTA AND PAYING A HEAVY RANSOM AFTER TWENTY YEARS IN TWELVE SEVENTY HE ATTEMPTED ANOTHER CRUSADE WHICH WAS STILL MORE UNFORTUNATE FOR HE LANDED AT TUNIS TO WAIT FOR HIS BROTHER TO ARRIVE FROM SICILY APPARENTLY ON SOME DELUSION OF FAVORABLE DISPOSITIONS ON THE PART OF THE BAY SICKNESS BROKE OUT IN THE CAMP AND THE KING HIS DAUGHTER AND HIS THIRD SON ALL DIED OF FEVER AND SO FATAL WAS THE EXPEDITION THAT HIS SON PHILIP THE THIRD RETURNED TO FRANCE ESCORTING FIVE COFFINS THOSE OF HIS FATHER HIS BROTHER HIS SISTER AND HER HUSBAND AND HIS OWN WIFE AND CHILD ELEVEN PHILIP THE FAIR THE REIGN OF PHILIP THE THIRD WAS VERY SHORT THE INSOLENCE AND CRUELTY OF THE PROVINCEALS IN SICILY HAD PROVOKED THE NATIVES TO A MASSACRE KNOWN AS THE SICILIAN VESPERS AND THEY THEN CALLED IN THE KING OF ARRAGON WHO FINALLY OBTAINED THE ISLAND AS A SEPARATE KINGDOM FROM THAT ON THE ITALIAN MAINLAND WHERE CHARLES OF ANJOU AND HIS DESCENDANTS STILL REIGNED
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