Tunis (Chaos)

Tunis was the traditional capital of.

1230, the Berber Hafsids came to power in Tunis.

In 1270 (as OTL), the French started the Seventh Crusade against Tunis (Palestine was planned, but thought Tunis was better - it was certainly closer to his new lands in ), which ended in a defeat and king Louis IX's death.

1347-57, Tunis was under the rule of. In the 15th century, it came under Seljuk influence, as did the other Barbary states.

1565, in the following the, the  gave up Tunis and Sicily to the. After the, all of Tunisia followed in the 1604.

After the fell apart, Tunis changed hands again: 1629, the disgraced commander of the Mediterranean fleet, a duke Francisco of, went to Sicily, together with the occupation forces fled from the  and , set up the (unrecognized) kingdom of Sicily (incl. Tunis, , the Baleares).

1688, after the unification of and Sicily, Tunis became a part of. Since then, the city was gradually Italianized.