Alexandrian Crusade

Alexandrian Crusade
	Part of the Crusades
	; Miniature of the sack of Alexandria (1365), Reims, from manuscript of music by Guillaume de Machaut
Date	9–12 October 1365
Location	Alexandria, Mamluk Sultanate
Result	Crusaders sack the city and later retreat due to a mamluk host approaching Cypriots control the city for three days then abandon it;
Belligerents
Kingdom of Cyprus; Republic of Venice; Knights Hospitaller;	Mamluk Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Peter I of Cyprus Florimont de Lesparre Robert Hales Ferlino d 'Airasca Stephen Scrope	Sultan Al-Ashraf Sha'ban; Emir Yalbugha al-Umari;
Strength
165 ships	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	5,000 civilians enslaved; 20,000 civilians killed;

The brief Alexandrian Crusade, also called the sack of Alexandria, occurred in October 1365 and was led by Peter I of Cyprus against Alexandria in Egypt. Although often referred to as and counted among the Crusades, it was relatively devoid of religious impetus and differs from the more prominent Crusades in that it seems to have been motivated largely by economic interests and was not called or endorsed by the Pope.

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