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He depleted his treasury funding a vain Crusade to rescue the Holy Land, but after the death of his only son Andrew (5 September 1333 – Grenoble, October 1335), he quickly gave up the idea and by 1337 was planning to cede his inheritance. In 1339, financial difficulties accumulating, he made an inventory of his possessions, with the hope of selling them to Pope Benedict XII. In May 1345, Humbert had left Marseille at the head of a papal fleet. The Crusade was led against the Turkish Emirate of Aydin, and was intended to assist the recently captured Frankish port of Smyrna, but was attacked by Genoa near Rhodes. He was asked to intervene by Venice in the conflict ongoing between Bartolomeo Zaccaria and Guglielma Pallavicini over the marquisate of Bodonitsa. He returned before the Crusade had achieved anything notable.
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What if his son survives and Dauphine stays independent what would be the consquence for France.
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