Joscelin's disappearance left his wife Beatrice with three underage children, a boy and two girls. She did all she could, more than could be expected of a woman, together with the remaining leaders of the county of Edessa, to preserve its few remaining possessions. Mas'ud of Ikonion would redouble his efforts to capture the remaining towns and fortresses. The emperor Manuel I would be inspired to try to take over those remaining possessions from the countess Beatrice, and Baldwin III would be convinced that Manuel's resources were better able to undertake the task than those of the hard-pressed Franks. Joscelin's capture entailed the loss of Azaz. He had ruled over it, rebuilt and refortified it. Nur al-Din proclaimed in the entire region of Aleppo that whoever could clearly prove his right to own a property in 'Azaz by means of a written document, he would respect that right. He shared the revenues of properties in 'Azaz among proprietors who could successfully prove ownership