Constantinople, Latin Empire of, 1204–61, feudal empire established in the S Balkan Peninsula and the Greek archipelago by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade (see Crusades Crusades (kr
..... Click the link for more information. ) after they had sacked (1204) Constantinople; also known as the empire of Romania (not to be confused with the modern nation Romania). Its secular and ecclesiastic governments were carefully divided among the Crusaders and their Venetian creditors. It was on both sides of the Dardanelles; its rulers were also suzerains of the kingdom of Thessalonica, the principality of Achaia, and other fiefs. Baldwin I Baldwin I (bôl`dwĭn), 1171–1205, 1st Latin emperor of Constantinople (1204–5).
..... Click the link for more information. , Henry of Flanders Henry of Flanders, c.1174–1216, Latin emperor of Constantinople (1206–16), brother and successor of Emperor Baldwin I . The ablest and most respected of the Latin emperors, he fought successfully against the Bulgarians and with varying success against
..... Click the link for more information. , Peter of Courtenay and his wife, Yolande, Robert of Courtenay Robert of Courtenay (kôrt`nē, k
rtənā`), d.
..... Click the link for more information. , John of Brienne John of Brienne (brēĕn`), c.1170–1237, French crusader. He was a count and in 1210 married Mary, titular queen of Jerusalem.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Baldwin II Baldwin II, 1217–73, last Latin emperor of Constantinople (1228–61), brother and successor of Robert of Courtenay . He began his personal rule only after the death (1237) of his father-in-law, John of Brienne .
..... Click the link for more information. were rulers. The empire declined immediately after its creation, being beset by the Greek emperors of Nicaea (see Nicaea, empire of Nicaea, empire of, 1204–61. In 1204 the armies of the Fourth Crusade set up the Latin Empire of Constantinople, but the Crusaders' influence did not extend over the entire Byzantine Empire.
..... Click the link for more information. ) and despots of Epirus (see Epirus, despotate of Epirus, despotate of. When, in 1204, the army of the Fourth Crusade set up the Latin Empire of Constantinople on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire, an independent Greek state emerged in Epirus under Michael I, a member of the Angelus family.
..... Click the link for more information. ), by the Bulgars under Ivan II Ivan II or Ivan Asen (ē`vän ä`sən), d. 1241, czar of Bulgaria (1218–41).
..... Click the link for more information. (Ivan Asen), by the Turks, by discord among the Westerners, and by Greek resistance. In 1222, Thessalonica fell to the despot of Epirus. By 1224 the Nicaean Emperor John III John III (John Ducas Vatatzes) (d`kəs vətăt`zēz), d.
..... Click the link for more information. had recovered Asia Minor. Constantinople, nearly captured by Ivan Asen in 1234, fell to Emperor Michael VIII Michael VIII (Michael Palaeologus), c.1225–1282, Byzantine emperor (1261–82), first of the Palaeologus dynasty. Following the murder of the regent for Emperor John IV of Nicaea, he was appointed (1258) regent and, soon afterward (1259), coemperor.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1261. Venice, however, retained possession of most of the Greek isles, the duchy of Athens passed under Catalan rule, and Achaia stayed in the hands of the Villehardouin Geoffroi I de Villehardouin, d. 1218, nephew of the historian and marshal of Champagne and Romania, set out on the conquest of Morea (as the Peloponnesus was then called) in 1205, with his friend Guillaume de Champlitte.
..... Click the link for more information. family until 1278.
..... Click the link for more information. ) after they had sacked (1204) Constantinople; also known as the empire of Romania (not to be confused with the modern nation Romania). Its secular and ecclesiastic governments were carefully divided among the Crusaders and their Venetian creditors. It was on both sides of the Dardanelles; its rulers were also suzerains of the kingdom of Thessalonica, the principality of Achaia, and other fiefs. Baldwin I Baldwin I (bôl`dwĭn), 1171–1205, 1st Latin emperor of Constantinople (1204–5).
..... Click the link for more information. , Henry of Flanders Henry of Flanders, c.1174–1216, Latin emperor of Constantinople (1206–16), brother and successor of Emperor Baldwin I . The ablest and most respected of the Latin emperors, he fought successfully against the Bulgarians and with varying success against
..... Click the link for more information. , Peter of Courtenay and his wife, Yolande, Robert of Courtenay Robert of Courtenay (kôrt`nē, k
rtənā`), d...... Click the link for more information. , John of Brienne John of Brienne (brēĕn`), c.1170–1237, French crusader. He was a count and in 1210 married Mary, titular queen of Jerusalem.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Baldwin II Baldwin II, 1217–73, last Latin emperor of Constantinople (1228–61), brother and successor of Robert of Courtenay . He began his personal rule only after the death (1237) of his father-in-law, John of Brienne .
..... Click the link for more information. were rulers. The empire declined immediately after its creation, being beset by the Greek emperors of Nicaea (see Nicaea, empire of Nicaea, empire of, 1204–61. In 1204 the armies of the Fourth Crusade set up the Latin Empire of Constantinople, but the Crusaders' influence did not extend over the entire Byzantine Empire.
..... Click the link for more information. ) and despots of Epirus (see Epirus, despotate of Epirus, despotate of. When, in 1204, the army of the Fourth Crusade set up the Latin Empire of Constantinople on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire, an independent Greek state emerged in Epirus under Michael I, a member of the Angelus family.
..... Click the link for more information. ), by the Bulgars under Ivan II Ivan II or Ivan Asen (ē`vän ä`sən), d. 1241, czar of Bulgaria (1218–41).
..... Click the link for more information. (Ivan Asen), by the Turks, by discord among the Westerners, and by Greek resistance. In 1222, Thessalonica fell to the despot of Epirus. By 1224 the Nicaean Emperor John III John III (John Ducas Vatatzes) (d
`kəs vətăt`zēz), d...... Click the link for more information. had recovered Asia Minor. Constantinople, nearly captured by Ivan Asen in 1234, fell to Emperor Michael VIII Michael VIII (Michael Palaeologus), c.1225–1282, Byzantine emperor (1261–82), first of the Palaeologus dynasty. Following the murder of the regent for Emperor John IV of Nicaea, he was appointed (1258) regent and, soon afterward (1259), coemperor.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1261. Venice, however, retained possession of most of the Greek isles, the duchy of Athens passed under Catalan rule, and Achaia stayed in the hands of the Villehardouin Geoffroi I de Villehardouin, d. 1218, nephew of the historian and marshal of Champagne and Romania, set out on the conquest of Morea (as the Peloponnesus was then called) in 1205, with his friend Guillaume de Champlitte.
..... Click the link for more information. family until 1278.
Bibliography
See W. Miller, The Latins in the Levant (1908, repr. 1964); D. E. Queller, ed., The Latin Conquest of Constantinople (1971).
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