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Historical estimates regarding the size of Louis IX’s fleet and army during the Seventh Crusade vary among sources. According to one account, his fleet comprised approximately 100 ships carrying 35,000 men. Other records suggest the expedition consisted of about 120 large vessels and many smaller ones, with an army numbering approximately 15,000 soldiers.12