Alexius IV Angelus — ▪ Byzantine emperor also spelled Alexios IV Angelos died February 8, 1204, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] Byzantine emperor from 1203 to 1204. Alexius was the son of Emperor Isaac II (Isaac II Angelus). He… … Universalium
Alexius III Angelus — ▪ Byzantine emperor also spelled Alexios III Angelos died 1211, Nicaea, Nicaean empire [now İznik, Turkey] Byzantine emperor from 1195 to 1203. He was the second son of Andronicus Angelus, grandson of Alexius I. In 1195 he was proclaimed… … Universalium
Alexius V Ducas Mourtzouphlus — died 1204, Constantinople Byzantine emperor. In 1204 he led a Greek revolt against his coemperors Isaac II and Alexius IV, who had been supported by the Fourth Crusade, and he became the last Greek emperor of united Byzantium before its overthrow … Universalium
Angelus family — ▪ Byzantine family Angelus also spelled Angelos family that produced three Byzantine emperors Isaac II, Alexius III, and Alexius IV Angelus. The Angelus family was of no particular significance until the 12th century, when Theodora,… … Universalium
Alexĭus — (Alexios, eigentlich Alexis, d.i. der Helfende). I. Fürsten: A) Kaiser: a) von Byzanz: 1) A. I. Komnenus, mit dem Beinamen Bambakŏrax (von seiner stammelnden u. heiseren Stimme) Sohn des Johannes Komnenus, geb. 1048 zu Constantinopel; focht unter … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
ALEXIUS III — ALEXIUS III. Comnenus et Porphyrigeneta dici voluit, cum antea Angelus cognominaretur: Fratrem Isaacum imperiô et oculis privavit, a quo e Turcica captivitate liberatus erat. Sed huius fil. Venetiis Gallos in Orientem cogitantes permovit, ut arma … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Isaac II Angelus — born с 1135 died February 1204 Byzantine emperor (1185–95). Proclaimed emperor by the Constantinople mob that murdered his cousin, Andronicus I Comnenus, he drove the Normans out of Greece (1185) but failed to regain Cyprus from rebels. He was… … Universalium
Fourth Crusade — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Fourth Crusade partof=the Crusades caption=Conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders in 1204. date=1202 1204 place=Balkans territory=Creation of Crusader States in the Balkans. result=Completion of Great… … Wikipedia
Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… … Universalium
Crusades — a series of military expeditions between the 11th and 14th centuries, in which armies from the Christian countries of Europe tried to get back the Holy Land (= what is now Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt) from the Muslims. The soldiers who… … Universalium