Refusal of French advance party to follow the Germans

Summary:
Three crusading leaders, the brothers Stephanos, bishop of Metz, and Renaud, count of Moncon, together with Henry, bishop of Toul, arrived in Contantinople around the same time as Conrad III. However they could not bear the Germans, and so they decided, with their considerable army, to wait for Louis VII. This was not permitted by Manuel I and the Byzantines, whose agreement with Conrad III stipulated that none of his men should remain behind. They forced them, by harrying them and cutting off food, to cross the straits. A tense situation was defused by the ambassadors of Louis VII, who were waiting for him in the capital. They intervened to arrange that Stephanos, Renaud, Henry and their men should wait beyond the straits, with a suitable market 
Dates:
1147 
Henry, bishop of Toul (Henry 101)
  • He, with the brothers Stephanos 165 and Renaud 101, reached Constantinople with Conrad 53, but could not bear the Germans; they and their army decided to wait for Louis 101; but they were forced across the straits by Manuel 1, who had agreed with Conrad that none of his men should remain (:) Odo of Deuil 50-52
  • The tense situation was defused by the intervention of the envoys of Louis 101, who were waiting for him in the capital; an agreement was reached that the French advance party be allowed to wait beyond the straits with a suitable market (:) Odo of Deuil 52
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (Manuel 1)
  • He appears to have tried to move on all Frankish crusaders who were near the capital as Conrad 53 left, causing protests from early French arrivals and the envoys of Louis 101; one substantial army was driven across the straits and set up there with a market, at the insistence of the envoys (:) Odo of Deuil 50-52
Renald, count of Moncon (Renaud 101)
  • He, his brother Stephanos 165 and Henry 101, reached Constantinople with Conrad 53, but could not bear the Germans; they and their army decided to wait for Louis 101; but they were forced across the straits by Manuel 1, who had agreed with Conrad that none of his men should remain (:) Odo of Deuil 50-52
  • The tense situation was defused by the intervention of the envoys of Louis 101, who were waiting for him in the capital; an agreement was reached that the French advance party be allowed to wait beyond the straits with a suitable market (:) Odo of Deuil 52
Stephen, bishop of Metz (Stephanos 165)
  • He, his brother Renaud 101 and Henry 101, reached Constantinople with Conrad 53, but could not bear the Germans; they and their army decided to wait for Louis 101; but they were forced across the straits by Manuel 1, who had agreed with Conrad that none of his men should remain (:) Odo of Deuil 50-52
  • The tense situation was defused by the intervention of the envoys of Louis 101, who were waiting for him in the capital; an agreement was reached that the French advance party be allowed to wait beyond the straits with a suitable market (:) Odo of Deuil 52