French warriors made the bulk of the numbers to this crusade. They came to the call of Urban, a French aristocrat, along with dukes, counts, and barons. They all set out in 1096 with an army that numbered in the fifteen thousand range. It is the only crusade that for at least a short time attained it's goal of turning back the Turkish threat to Constantinople. They moved on to establish dukedoms in eastern Anatolia. They eventually advanced on Jerusalem and took the city.
The Second Crusade
This Crusade happened between 1147- 1149. It was called in because the Turkish had succeeding in taking back a little bit of what the French warriors had gained in the first crusades. They were again called to arms, this time by an monk named Bernard Of Clairvaux. This time the forces were cut into pieces, and ultimately failed.
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