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The Second Crusade (1147–1149) was ... the armies would be led by the strongest kings of Europe and a route would be planned. ... Map of Second Crusade.
Routes of the Second Crusade. The fall of Edessa caused great consternation in Jerusalem and Western Europe, tempering the enthusiastic success of the First Crusade. Calls for a new crusade – the Second Crusade – were immediate, and was the first to be led by European kings.
The Second Crusade eventually failed in its attempt to take the city of Damascus. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The anonymous German author of Annales Herbipolenses , a native of Würzburg , speaks of meeting many returned soldiers, presumably of the wealthier section of the army.
Map of the Second Crusade. 1147. 16 February. French forces meet in Étampes to discuss their route to the Holy Land. [345] 15 March. Afonso I of Portugal completes the Conquest of Santarém. [346] 11 April. The second part of the papal bull Divina dispensatione is issued, calling for the Wendish Crusade against the Polabian Slavs. [347] Later.
The siege of Damascus took place between 24 and 28 July 1148, during the Second Crusade.It ended in a crusader defeat and led to the disintegration of the crusade. The two main Christian forces that marched to the Holy Land in response to Pope Eugene III and Bernard of Clairvaux's call for the Second Crusade were led by Kings Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany.
The Second Crusade (1145–1149) was instigated by Pope Eugenius III in response to the fall of the County of Edessa to the forces of the Muslim leader Zengi. The county had been founded during the First Crusade. The Second Crusade was the first to be led by kings, namely Conrad III of Germany and Louis VII of France. The armies of the two ...
The siege of Lisbon was one of the few Christian victories of the Second Crusade—it was "the only success of the universal operation undertaken by the pilgrim army", i.e., the Second Crusade, according to the near contemporary historian Helmold, [3] although others have questioned whether it was really part of that crusade. [4]
The Battle of Inab, also called Battle of Ard al-Hâtim or Fons Muratus, was fought on 29 June 1149, during the Second Crusade.The Zengid army of the atabeg Nur al-Din Zengi destroyed the combined army of Prince Raymond of Antioch and the Assassins of Ali ibn-Wafa.