Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1144, i whakaekehia te whenua o Edessa e nga Rōpua i roto i te pakanga rohe e whakawehi ana i tona oranga. I whakautu a Kuini Melisende ma te tuku i tetahi ope e arahina ana e te kaitiaki Manasses o Hierges, Philip o Milly, me Elinand o Bures. Kaore a Raymond o Anatioka i aro ki te karanga mo te awhina, i te mea kua noho tana ope ki te Emepaea o Byzantine i Kirikia. Ahakoa te ope a Melisende,
I hinga a Edessa.