In 1144 Zengi besieged the crusader County of Edessa, the weakest and least Latinized crusader state, and Zengi captured it on December 24,1144.
In 1144 Zengi besieged the crusader County of Edessa (see Siege of Edessa). Edessa was the weakest and least Latinized crusader state, and Zengi captured it on December 24,1144.