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
Where they went
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After Edessa fell, Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany marched east, but they failed before Damascus and gained nothing.
People who appear alongside
- Louis VII of France1120 – 1180
King of France (r. 1137–1180) who joined the Second Crusade with Queen Eleanor and failed before Damascus
- Bernard of Clairvaux1090 – 1153
Cistercian abbot whose preaching at the pope’s request drew the kings of France and Germany into the Second Crusade
Themes this person appears in
- The Crusades1095 – 1291
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