 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kuwa kweEdessa kwakakatyamadza pfungwa dzokuMadokero, kuchikonzera kupindura kukuru kwazvo kwechiuto kubvira paHondo Yokutanga Yemauto. Hondo tsva yechitendero yaiva nemauto makuru maviri aitungamirirwa nomugungwa naLouis VIII weFrance naConrad III weGermany, akasvika muAcre muna 1148. Kufamba kwakaoma kwakanga kwaderedza zvikuru mauto avatongi vaviri ava. Pamusangano wehutungamiriri, kusanganisira chirikadzi Melisende nomwanakomana wayo Baldwin III, vakabvumirana kurwisa Dhamasikopane kuedza kudzorera Edessa iri kure. Kurwiswa kweDhamasiko kwakaguma nokukundwa kunonyadzisa uye kudzokera shure. Kuedza kutsvaka mbudzi dzokuyananisa kwakatevera kukundikana kusingatarisirwi, vakawanda vokumadokero vachipomera vaFrank. Vapanduki vashoma vakauya vachibva kuEurope kuzorwira Nyika Tsvene mumakumi emakore akatevera. Raymond wePoitiers akabatana nemaNizari uye Joscelin nemaRum Seljuks kurwisa Aleppo. Nur ad-Din akapinda muAntiokia uye Raymond akakundwa ndokuurawa paInab muna 1149. Gore rakatevera racho Joscelin akabatwa ndokutambudzwa uye gare gare akafa. Beatrice weSaone, mudzimai wake, akatengesa zvakasara zveDunhu reEdessa kuvaByzantine nemvumo yaBalduin. Atova nemakore 21 uye achida kutonga ari oga, Baldwin akamanikidza Melisende kuenda pamudyandigere muna 1152. MuAntiokia, Constance akaramba kumanikidzwa kuroorazve kutozosvikira muna 1153 paakasarudza muzukuru wechiFrench Raynald weChâtillon somurume wake wechipiri. 