Editing Second Crusade (section)

== Aftermath ==
The crusaders were victorious in the west, where they conquered several territories—including [[Lisbon]], which would later became the capital of Portugal and thus the [[Portuguese Empire]].{{sfn|Baldwin|Setton|1969|p=466}}

In the east, each of the Christian forces felt betrayed by the other.{{sfn|Riley-Smith|1991|p=50}} A new plan was made to attack [[Ascalon]] and Conrad took his troops there, but no further help arrived, 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. After quitting Ascalon, Conrad returned to Constantinople to further his alliance with Manuel. Louis remained behind in Jerusalem until 1149. The discord also extended to the marriage of Louis and Eleanor, which had been falling apart during the course of the Crusade. In April 1149, Louis and Eleanor, who were barely on speaking terms by this time, pointedly boarded separate ships to take them back to France.{{sfn|Nicolle|2009|p=77}}

Back in Europe, Bernard of Clairvaux was humiliated by the defeat. Bernard considered it his duty to send an apology to the Pope and it is inserted in the second part of his ''Book of Consideration''. There, he explains how the sins of the crusaders were the cause of their misfortune and failures. When his attempt to call a new crusade failed, he tried to disassociate himself from the fiasco of the Second Crusade altogether.{{sfn|Runciman|1952|pp=232–234, 277}} He would die in 1153.{{sfn|Runciman|1952|pp=232–234, 277}}

The cultural impact of the Second Crusade was even greater in France, with many [[troubadour]]s fascinated by the alleged affair between Eleanor and Raymond, which helped to feed the theme of courtly love. Unlike Conrad, the image of Louis was improved by the Crusade with many of the French seeing him as a suffering pilgrim king who quietly bore God's punishments.{{sfn|Nicolle|2009|pp=81–84}}

Relations between the Eastern Roman Empire and the French were badly damaged by the Crusade. Louis and other French leaders openly accused the Emperor Manuel I of colluding with Turkish attacks on them during the march across Anatolia. The memory of the Second Crusade was to colour French views of the Byzantines for the rest of the 12th and 13th centuries. Within the empire itself, the crusade was remembered as a triumph of diplomacy.{{sfn|Nicolle|2009|p=84}} In the eulogy for the Emperor Manuel by Archbishop [[Eustathius of Thessalonica]], it was declared, "He was able to deal with his enemies with enviable skill, playing off one against the other with the aim of bringing peace and tranquility".{{sfn|Nicolle|2009|p=84}}

In the East the situation was much darker for the Christians. In the Holy Land, the Second Crusade had disastrous long-term consequences for Jerusalem. In 1149, the ''atabeg'' Anur died, at which point  Abu Sa'id Mujir al-Din Abaq Ibn Muhammad began to rule as emir. The ''ra'is'' of Damascus and commander of the ''ahdath'' military Mu'ayad al-Dawhal Ibn al-Sufi feel that since his ''ahdath'' had played a major role in defeating the Second Crusade that he deserved a greater share of the power, and within two months of Anur's death was leading a rebellion against Abaq. The in-fighting within Damascus was to lead to the end of the Burid state within five years. Damascus no longer trusted the crusader kingdom and was taken by Nur ad-Din after a short siege in 1154.{{sfn|Nicolle|2009|pp=78, 81}}

Baldwin III finally [[Siege of Ascalon|seized Ascalon]] in 1153, which brought [[Lower Egypt|Egypt]] into the sphere of conflict. Jerusalem was able to make further advances into Egypt, briefly occupying [[Cairo]] in the 1160s.{{sfn|Riley-Smith|1991|p=56}} However, relations with the Byzantine Empire were mixed, and reinforcements from Europe were sparse after the disaster of the Second Crusade. King [[Amalric I of Jerusalem]] allied with the Byzantines and participated in a combined invasion of Egypt in 1169, but the expedition ultimately failed. In 1171, [[Saladin]], nephew of one of Nur ad-Din's generals, was proclaimed Sultan of Egypt, uniting [[Lower Egypt|Egypt]] and [[Syria (region)|Syria]] and completely surrounding the crusader kingdom. Meanwhile, the Byzantine alliance ended with the death of Emperor [[Manuel I Komnenos|Manuel I]] in 1180, and in 1187, [[Siege of Jerusalem (1187)|Jerusalem capitulated]] to Saladin. His forces then spread north to capture all but the capital cities of the Crusader States, precipitating the [[Third Crusade]].{{sfn|Riley-Smith|1991|p=60}}