An assembly at Palmarea (Acre) decided to direct the Second Crusade against Damascus

Summary:
An assembly was held at Palmarea, near Acre, to discuss future activities of the crusaders in the east. Forty-one people are named as present by William of Tyre, with many others whom he omits out of ignorance (Germans) or reasons of space (French and Palestinians). Beginning from the emperor Conrad III, he lists five German bishops and eight lay lords, three French bishops and four lay lords (including the king) and from the Palestinian kingdom ten ecclesiatical and eleven lay leaders (including king Baldwin III and his mother Melisende). After long discussions, it was decided to attack Damascus 
Dates:
1148 
Adam, archdeacon of Acre, then bishop of Banyas (Adam 102)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.45
Arnulf, bishop of Lisieux (Arnulf 102)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.27
Baldwin III, king of Jerusalem (Baldwin 53)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.37-39
Baldwin, archbishop of Caesarea (Baldwin 103)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.41-42
Balian the elder, of Ibelin (Balian 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.501
Bernard, bishop of Sidon (Bernard 105)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.43-44
Berthold, count of Andechs (Berthold 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.18-19
Conrad III Hohenstaufen, king of Germany (Conrad 53)
  • He was the first to be mentioned as present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.3-5
Elinandus of Tiberias (Elinandus 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.49
Frederick III of Swabia, later Frederick I Barbarossa, western emperor (Frederick 51)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.14-18
Fulcher of Angoulême, archbishop of Tyre, then patriarch of Jerusalem (Fulcher 4003)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.41
Gerald, bishop of Bethlehem (Gerard 103)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.46
Gerard Garnier, lord of Sidon (Gerard 4004)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.49
Godfrey, bishop of Langres (Godfrey 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre Bk. 17, 1.26-27
Guido, count of Biandrate (Guy 102)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.21-23
Guido of Florence, cardinal of San Grisogoni, papal legate (Guy 103)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.27-29
Guy Brisebarre, lord of Beirut (Guy 4006)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.51
Henry, bishop of Toul (Henry 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.8-9
Henry, count of Troyes (later of Champagne) (Henry 102)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.30-31
Heinrich II Babenberg (Jasomirgott), duke of Austria (Henry 17002)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.12-13
Hermann, margrave of Verona (Hermann 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.18
Humphrey of Toron (Humphrey 4003)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.51
Ivo of Nesle, constable and count of Soissons (Ivo 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.34-35
Louis VII, king of France (Louis 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.25-26
Manasses, royal constable of Jerusalem (Manasses 102)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.48
Melisende, daughter of Baldwin II, queen of Jerusalem (Melisende 4002)
  • She was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.39-41
Otto, bishop of Freising, brother of Conrad III (Otto 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.5-6
Pagan the butler, lord of Transjordan (Pagan 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.50
Philip of Nablus (Philippos 104)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.48-49
Raymond du Puy, master of the Hospital (Raymond 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.47
Robert, count of Perche (and Dreux) (Robert 105)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.29-30
Robert, archbishop of Nazareth (Robert 106)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.42-43
Robert the Burgundian, master of the Temple (Robert 4011)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.46-47
Rorgo, bishop of Acre (Rorgo 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.43
Stephen, bishop of Metz (Stephanos 165)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.7
Theodwin, bishop of (Porto and) Santa Rufina, papal legate (Theodwin 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.9-12
Thierry of Alsace, count of Flanders (Thierry 4001)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.32-34
Walter Garnier, lord of Caesarea (Walter 4004)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.49-50
Welf VI, duke (Welf 101)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.13-14
William V, margrave of Montferrat (William 106)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.19-21
William, bishop of Beirut (William 109)
  • He was present at the assembly held at Palmarea near Acre to discuss the future of the crusade; it was resolved to attack Damascus (:) William of Tyre bk. 17, 1.44-45