Person1093 – 1152
Conrad III of Germany
King of Germany (r. 1138–1152) who led the Second Crusade and was badly defeated by the Seljuks in Anatolia
King of Germany (r. 1138–1152) who led the Second Crusade and was badly defeated by the Seljuks in Anatolia
After Edessa fell, Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany marched east, but they failed before Damascus and gained nothing.
King of France (r. 1137–1180) who joined the Second Crusade with Queen Eleanor and failed before Damascus
Cistercian abbot whose preaching at the pope’s request drew the kings of France and Germany into the Second Crusade
From the Council of Clermont to the fall of Acre — two centuries of war between Latin Europe and the Islamic world over the Holy Land