Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Shi ɗan Hodierna ne na Rethel da Héribrand II na Hierges; Hodierna 'yar Hugh I na Rethel ce kuma' yar Sarki Baldwin II na Urushalima. Ya isa Urushalima a kusa da 1140 kuma an nada shi jami'in Urushalima, mafi girman ofishin masarautar, daga dan uwansa Sarauniya Melisende, bayan mutuwar mijin Melisende Sarki Fulk a 1143. A matsayinsa na ɗan sanda, shi ne ke kula da rundunar, kuma an aike shi don ya sauƙaƙe kewaye da Edessa
a shekara ta 1144. Bai isa a kan lokaci ba kuma garin ya fada hannun Zengi.