Second Crusade

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crusade military campaign religious war

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.

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Kingdom of Jerusalem → crusadeContext → Second Crusade ⓘ

First Crusade → followedBy → Second Crusade ⓘ

Third Crusade → follows → Second Crusade ⓘ

High Middle Ages → hasMajorEvent → Second Crusade ⓘ

Crusades → majorCampaign → Second Crusade ⓘ

Eleanor of Aquitaine → participatedIn → Second Crusade ⓘ

Komnenos dynasty → significantEvent → Second Crusade ⓘ