Each of the Christian forces felt betrayed by the other.
A new plan was made to attack Ascalon but this was abandoned due to the lack of trust that had resulted from the failed siege.
This mutual distrust would linger for a generation due to the defeat, to the ruin of the Christian kingdoms in the Holy Land.
Following the battle, Conrad returned to Constantinople to further his alliance with Manuel I Komnenos.
As a result of the attack, Damascus no longer trusted the crusaders, and the city was formally handed over to Nur ad-Din in 1154.
Bernard of Clairvaux was also humiliated, and when his attempt to call a new crusade failed, he tried to disassociate himself from the fiasco of the Second Crusade altogether.
Each of the Christian forces felt betrayed by the other. A new plan was made to attack Ascalon but this was abandoned due to the lack of trust that had resulted from the failed siege. This mutual distrust would linger for a generation due to the defeat, to the ruin of the Christian kingdoms in the Holy Land. Following the battle, Conrad returned to Constantinople to further his alliance with Manuel I Komnenos. As a result of the attack, Damascus no longer trusted the crusaders, and the city was formally handed over to Nur ad-Din in 1154. Bernard of Clairvaux was also humiliated, and when his attempt to call a new crusade failed, he tried to disassociate himself from the fiasco of the Second Crusade altogether.
Siege of Damascus (1148)