Crusade of 1129

Crusade of 1129
	Part of the Crusades
Date	October–December 1129
Location	Vicinity of Damascus
Result	Damascene victory Crusaders take Banyas; Damascus agrees to pay tribute;
Belligerents
Kingdom of Jerusalem; Principality of Antioch; County of Edessa; County of Tripoli;	Emirate of Damascus
Commanders and leaders
Baldwin II of Jerusalem; Bohemond II of Antioch; Joscelin I of Edessa; Pons of Tripoli;	Tāj al-Mulūk Būrī
Strength
2,000 knights; Perhaps 10,000 infantry	7,000 regulars; 8,000 auxiliaries
Casualties and losses
	~950 knights

The Crusade of 1129 or the Damascus Crusade was a military campaign of the Kingdom of Jerusalem with forces from the other crusader states and from western Europe against the Emirate of Damascus. The brainchild of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem, the crusade failed to meet its military objectives. Its diplomatic preliminaries, however, secured the succession to the throne of Jerusalem and papal backing for the Knights Templar.

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