On September 24, 1272, Prince Edward of England, leader of the Ninth Crusade, left Acre (Syria) for Sicily to recover from wounds. There he heard of the death of his son and later the death of his father. The evacuation of Edward marked the end of the Ninth Crusade, the last of the Medieval religious Crusades (though there is sometimes referenced a Tenth Crusade that is not really related to what we think of as the Historical Crusades).
Digging Deeper
Edward's wounds were caused by an assassin wielding a poisoned dagger. Though Edward was able to kill the assassin, the dagger left a festering wound. In 1273, Edward had recovered enough to continue his travels home to England, where he arrived in 1274 to be crowned King Edward I. Edward was known as ‘Edward Longshanks,' and also as ‘Edward, Hammer of the Scots.' Edward was the first son of King Henry III of England.
