Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s - 1240s - 1250s 1260s 1270s 1280s 1290s Years: 1243 1244 1245 1246 1247 - 1248 - 1249 1250 1251 1252 1253 Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Monarchs/Presidents Events Louis IX of France departs on the Seventh Crusade for Egypt Kingdom of Castile captures city of Seville from Muslims Births Deaths January 4 - King Sancho II of Portugal, in exile in Toledo Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252)\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.