King Louis, accompanied by his wife Eleanor …
Years: 1147 - 1147
October
King Louis, accompanied by his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, follows the land route across Europe about a month behind the Germans and arrives at Constantinople on October 4.
A few of his more hotheaded followers, on hearing that Manuel has made a truce with the Turks of Iconium and totally misunderstanding the motives, accuse the Emperor of treason and urge the French king to join Roger in attacking him.
Louis, preferring the opinion of his less volatile advisers, agrees to restore any imperial possessions he might capture.
Locations
People
- Conrad III of Germany
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Louis VII of France
- Manuel I Komnenos
- Pope Eugene III
- Roger II of Sicily
Groups
- Germans
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Muslims, Sunni
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Turkmen people
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Aleppo, Seljuq Emirate of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
- Rûm, Sultanate of
- Italo-Normans
- Zengid dynasty of Syria
