 The county had been founded during the First Crusade (1096–1099) by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem in 1098.While it was the first Crusader state to be founded, it was also the first to fall.The Second Crusade was announced by Pope Eugene III, and was the first of the crusades to be led by European kings, namely Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, with help from a number of other European nobles.