Second Crusade

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The Second Crusade was a major 12th-century Christian military campaign launched to reclaim territories in the Holy Land and Iberia, notable for its royal leadership and ultimate failure in the East.

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Label Occurrences
Second Crusade canonical 29

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crusade ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
religious war ⓘ
calledBy Pope Eugene III ⓘ
causeOf disillusionment with crusading in Western Europe ⓘ
increased prestige of Nur ad-Din ⓘ
commander Baldwin III of Jerusalem ⓘ
Conrad III of Germany ⓘ
Louis VII of France ⓘ
Melisende of Jerusalem ⓘ
describedBySource Odo of Deuil ⓘ
Otto of Freising ⓘ
William of Tyre ⓘ
endTime 1149 ⓘ
followedBy Third Crusade ⓘ
follows First Crusade ⓘ
hasMainObjective defend Crusader states in the Levant ⓘ
expand Christian control in Iberia ⓘ
recapture Edessa ⓘ
hasPart Crusade in the Baltic ⓘ
French crusade through Anatolia ⓘ
German crusade through Anatolia ⓘ
Reconquista campaigns in Iberia ⓘ
Siege of Damascus (1148) ⓘ
Northern Crusades ⓘ
surface form: Wendish Crusade
inspiredBy fall of County of Edessa ⓘ
preaching of Bernard of Clairvaux ⓘ
location Anatolia ⓘ
Baltic Sea coast region ⓘ
surface form: Baltic region

Holy Land ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
notableFor failure to capture Damascus ⓘ
first crusade led by kings of France and Germany ⓘ
royal leadership ⓘ
opponent Muslim forces in the Levant ⓘ
Nur ad-Din Zangi ⓘ
surface form: Nur ad-Din

Seljuk Empire ⓘ
surface form: Seljuk Turks

Nur ad-Din Zangi ⓘ
surface form: Zengi
organizedBy Latin Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church
partOf Crusades ⓘ
pointInTime 12th century ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
result Christian territorial gains in Iberia ⓘ
capture of Lisbon by Portuguese and crusaders ⓘ
capture of Tortosa in Iberia ⓘ
failure in the Levant ⓘ
strengthening of Muslim powers in Syria ⓘ
startTime 1147 ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Middle Ages → hasMajorEvent → Second Crusade ⓘ
First Crusade → followedBy → Second Crusade ⓘ
Eleanor of Aquitaine → participatedIn → Second Crusade ⓘ
Third Crusade → follows → Second Crusade ⓘ
Crusades → majorCampaign → Second Crusade ⓘ
Komnenos dynasty → significantEvent → Second Crusade ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem → crusadeContext → Second Crusade ⓘ
Zengid dynasty → conflict → Second Crusade ⓘ
Raymond of Poitiers → participatedIn → Second Crusade ⓘ
Knights Templar → tookPartIn → Second Crusade ⓘ
Louis VII of France → participatedIn → Second Crusade ⓘ
Louis VII of France → conflict → Second Crusade ⓘ
Crusaders → tookPartIn → Second Crusade ⓘ
Danishmendids → conflict → Second Crusade ⓘ
Republic of Pisa → significantEvent → Second Crusade ⓘ
Conrad III of Germany → participatedIn → Second Crusade ⓘ
fall of County of Edessa → followedBy → Second Crusade ⓘ
Baldwin III of Jerusalem → notableEvent → Second Crusade ⓘ
Siege of Damascus (1148) → conflict → Second Crusade ⓘ
Siege of Damascus (1148) → partOf → Second Crusade ⓘ
William of Tyre → chronicles → Second Crusade ⓘ
Odo of Deuil → witnessed → Second Crusade ⓘ
Odo of Deuil → participantIn → Second Crusade ⓘ
Odo of Deuil → describedEvent → Second Crusade ⓘ
Otto of Freising → described → Second Crusade ⓘ
Otto of Freising → participatedIn → Second Crusade ⓘ