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The Second Crusade had been called after the fall of Edessa to Zengi in 1144. In 1147, armies led by Conrad III of Germany and Louis VII of France began their separate journeys to the east; after passing through Constantinople, Conrad suffered a heavy defeat in Anatolia, and retreated to meet Louis at Nicaea.
The Second Crusade was announced by Pope Eugene III, and was led in the east by European kings Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, with help from a number of other European nobles. The armies of the two kings marched separately across Europe.
Conrad of Montferrat (Italian: Corrado del Monferrato; Piedmontese: Conrà ëd Monfrà) (c. 1146 – 28 April 1192) was a nobleman, one of the major participants in the Third Crusade. He was the de facto King of Jerusalem (as Conrad I ) by virtue of his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem from 24 November 1190, but officially elected only in ...
William of Rubruck (fl. 1253 – 1255), a Flemish Franciscan missionary who accompanied Louis IX of France on the Seventh Crusade and, in 1253, set out on a journey to Mongol territory. His report of his travels called Itinerarium fratris Willielmi de Rubruquis de ordine fratrum Minorum, Galli, Anno gratiae 1253 ad partes Orientales was ...
Children's Crusade 1212 The Children's Crusade was a failed Popular Crusade by the West to regain the Holy Land. The traditional narrative includes some factual and some mythical events including visions by a French boy and a German boy, an intention to peacefully convert Muslims to Christianity, bands of children marching to Italy, and ...
Die Briefe des Canonicus was a chronicle of the Third Crusade written by Guy of Bazoches (before 1146 – 1203), a French cleric had taken part in the retinue of Henry II of Champagne. [125] Chronicle of Richard the First's Crusade is an account by Geoffrey of Vinsauf (fl. 1200). In Chronicles of the Crusades (1848), published in Bohn's Libraries.
Christmas Crusade for Kids, which is led by Tunes 92.5/104.5 FM Intrepid Broadcasting, in Watertown, is one of the initiatives and nonprofit partners. A news release from the Community Foundation ...
Frederick agrees to lead the Crusade and again takes the cross. [184] 14 July. Louis VIII of France becomes king after the death of his father Philip II of France. [185] (Date unknown). The Niceans defeat the Latins at the Battle of Poimanenon. [186] 1224 (Date unknown). Amaury de Montfort cedes his titles and lands in Languedoc to Louis VIII ...