Kammala wannan jumla: An kira Crusade na biyu bayan
faduwar Edessa zuwa Zengi a 1144. A cikin 1147, sojojin da Conrad III na Jamus da Louis VII na Faransa suka jagoranta sun fara tafiye-tafiye daban-daban zuwa gabas; bayan wucewa ta Constantinople, Conrad ya sha wahala a cikin Anatolia, kuma ya koma baya don saduwa da Louis a Nicaea. Daga nan Conrad ya shafe lokacin hunturu a Constantinople yayin da Louis ya ci gaba da kudu zuwa gabar tekun Bahar Rum, wanda Turks suka yi wa rauni a hanya, kuma a karshe ya tashi zuwa Antakiya, sannan Raymond na Poitiers ya yi mulki, kawun matarsa Eleanor na Aquitaine. Conrad ya isa Acre a watan Afrilu, kuma Louis ya yi tafiya zuwa kudu daga Antakiya. Manyan mutanen Urushalima sun yi maraba da zuwan sojojin daga Turai, kuma aka sanar cewa za a yi taro a Acre; kamar yadda William na Taya ya ce, "tare da manyan mutanen masarautar da suke da cikakken sani game da al'amura da wurare, sun shiga cikin tunani mai kyau game da abin da ya fi dacewa".