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Second Crusade

The Second Crusade (1147–1149) was the second major crusade launched from Europe. The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 to the Seljuk forces of Zengi. The county had been founded during the First Crusade (1096–1099) by Baldwin in 1098. While it was the first Crusader state to be founded, it was also the…

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Location
Iberia, Near East, Egypt
Date
Lisbon captured by the Portuguese · Tarragona and Tortosa captured by the Catalans · 1147–1150
Result
Muslim victory in the Levant; Christian forces achieved limited successes elsewhere, most notably the capture of Lisbon.
Territorial changes
Lisbon captured by the Portuguese · Tarragona and Tortosa captured by the Catalans

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Reconquista in Iberia

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In the East

Aftermath

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Second Crusade

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Second Crusade

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related to Papal bull and French plans · 42
Second Crusade → Abbot Bernard, Abbot Suger, Antioch, Aquitaine, Armenia, Bishop Hugh, Bourges, Champagne, Christian, Christmas Day, Clairvaux, Crusader, December, Easter, Edessa, Eleanor, Eugene, Eugene’s, Europe, Final
related to Reconquista in Iberia · 35
Second Crusade → Afonso, Alfonso VII, Almada, Bad, Castile, Crusader, Crusaders, Dartmouth, England, He, Holy Land, However, Iberian Peninsula, In, In May, July, June, King Afonso, León, Lisbon
related to Aftermath · 28
Second Crusade → After, Ascalon, Back, Bernard, Book, Christian, Clairvaux, Conrad, Consideration, Constantinople, Crusaders, Eleanor, Europe, France, Holy Land, In, In April, Jerusalem, Lisbon, Louis
related to Bernard of Clairvaux · 28
Second Crusade → As, At Speyer, Barbarossa, Bernard, Burgundy, Cologne, Conrad III, Eleanor, First Crusade, Flanders, For, France, French, Germany, Holy Land, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick, Jews, Louis, Mainz, March
related to Muslims · 24
Second Crusade → Aleppo, Anur, Anur's, Arabs, Because, Burid, Damascus, Din Unur, Din Zengi, Further, Historian David Nicolle, In, Islamic, Islamic Middle East, Kurdish, Mu'in, Muslim, Nur, The, Turkish
Date · 3
Second Crusade → 1147–1150, Lisbon captured by the Portuguese, Tarragona and Tortosa captured by the Catalans
related to External links · 3
Second Crusade → Aftermath, Internet Medieval Sourcebook, The Second Crusade
Territorial changes · 2
Second Crusade → Lisbon captured by the Portuguese, Tarragona and Tortosa captured by the Catalans
Location · 1
Second Crusade → Iberia, Near East, Egypt
Result · 1
Second Crusade → Muslim victory in the Levant; Christian forces achieved limited successes elsewhere, most notably the capture of Lisbon.

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crusade louis damascus french crusaders conrad jerusalem second turks edessa army manuel attack king bernard byzantine would first ii 1147

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Second CrusadeDateLisbon captured by the Portuguese1.00infobox
Second CrusadeDateTarragona and Tortosa captured by the Catalans1.00infobox
Second CrusadeDate1147–11501.00infobox
Second CrusadeLocationIberia, Near East, Egypt1.00infobox
Second CrusadeResultMuslim victory in the Levant; Christian forces achieved limited successes elsewhere, most notably the capture of Lisbon.1.00infobox
Second CrusadeTerritorial changesLisbon captured by the Portuguese1.00infobox
Second CrusadeTerritorial changesTarragona and Tortosa captured by the Catalans1.00infobox
David Nicolle have defended the decision to attack Damascusinstance ofhistorians0.80text
arguing that Damascus was the most powerful Muslim state in southern Syriainstance ofhistorians0.80text
and that if the Christians held Damascusinstance ofhistorians0.80text
they would have been in a better position to resist the rising power of Nur ad-Dininstance ofhistorians0.80text
Second Crusaderelated to AftermathThe Crusaders0.60section

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