Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Ko te matenga o Manuel i te 24 o Hepetema 1180 i waiho tana tama 11-tau-tau a Alexios II Komnenos i runga i te torona. Ko Alexios he tino koretake i roto i te tari, me tana whaea a Maria o Antioch o te takenga mai o Frank, i kore ai e manakohia tana mana whakahaere. I te mutunga, ka whakaekea e Andronikos I Komnenos, he mokopuna o Alexios I, he tutu ki tana whanaunga taitamariki, a ka taea e ia te turaki i a ia i roto i te "coup d'état" nanakia. I te whakamahi i tana ahua ataahua me tana rongonui nui ki te ope taua, ka haere ia ki Constantinople i Akuhata 1182 ka whakaoho i te kohurutanga o nga Latina
He aha? I muri i te whakamutu i ona hoa whawhai pea, ka karaunatia ia hei emepara tahi i te Mahuru 1183. I whakakahoretia e ia a Alexios II, a, i tangohia e ia tana wahine 12 tau te pakeke a Agnes o France.