Certainty: 2 Desperate defence of Montferrand against 'Imad al-Din Zanki Certainty: 2
1148
Certainty: 2 An assembly at Palmarea (Acre) decided to direct the Second Crusade against Damascus Certainty: 2
1149
Certainty: 2 Reactions to the death of Raymond of Antioch Certainty: 2
1150
Certainty: 2 Negotiations to save the remains of the county of Edessa Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Baldwin III's march to save Christians from Tell Bashir (1): as far as 'Ayn Tab Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Baldwin III's march to save Christians from Tell Bashir (2): beyond 'Ayn Tab Certainty: 3
1153
Certainty: 3 Baldwin III raided Askalon, then decided to besiege it: the list of attackers
In the enthusiasm of victory over the Hiaroquin, the barons of Jerusalem decided to damage their greatest enemies by seeking to destroy the orchards around Askalon. But when they arrived, they found the enemy were terrified and reluctant to come outside the walls, so they resolved on a siege, and gathered their full army. Baldwin III and Fulcher the patriarch collected all the magnates of the kingdom, ecclesiastical and lay, and they camped around Askalon; they bound themselves by solemn oath not to abandon the siege till the city was taken, supported by the True Cross. At least ten ecclesiastical lords and nine lay lords are listed as having been present