 Otto of Freising would later write the "Gesta Friderici", a history of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who himself attended the Council while still only Duke of Swabia.He lists Conrad, Henry of Bavaria, Welf, and Frederick, as well as Ortlieb, Bishop of Basel, and Arnold of Wied, Conrad's chancellor, "and other counts and illustrious men and nobles"; however, he passes over the Council and the siege completely, saying "what issue and event this expedition to Damascus also experienced must be related elsewhere, and possibly by others.