6 Feb 1145 Jahr - Louis VII response
Beschreibung:
Personal piety and wish to replace brother were motives. Louis had been condemned by Bernard of Clairvaux - he attacked and occupied Champagne and Vitry, buring down a church with over 1000 refuge seekers inside.
So keen, he false started a Crusade at his Christmas court in Bourges.
First major ruling monarch to Crusade - his nobles were apprehensive. Dangerous and inexperienced leader.
Took around 30,000 men.
Reached Constantinople trouble free. Manuel shipped them across the Bosporus and minor victory crossing Anatolia against Turks. However, army separated and Turkish ambush broke Louis' army. Control was given to the Templars who beat the Turks.
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