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  1. 2 days ago · Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (Greek: Ισαάκιος Β’ Άγγελος, Isaakios II Angelos) (September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204. His father Andronikos Dukas Angelos, a military leader in Asia Minor (c. 1122 – aft. 1185), married bef. 1155 Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa (c. 1125 ...

  2. May 13, 2024 · Uprising of Asen and Peter. Turnovo, Bulgaria. The disastrous rule of the last Comnenian emperor Andronikos I (r. 1183–85) worsened the situation of the Bulgarian peasantry and nobility. The first act of his successor Isaac II Angelos was to impose an extra tax to finance his wedding.

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    4 days ago · In 1185, Asen and Theodor went to see the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos in Thrace to demand an estate in the Balkan Mountains. After the Emperor refused and humiliated them, the brothers persuaded their Bulgarian and Vlach compatriots to rise up against the Byzantine Empire.

  5. 3 days ago · It was in this heady atmosphere of liberation and renewal that the Lovech Fortress played its most pivotal role. In 1187, the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos, having failed to crush the Bulgarian revolt on the battlefield, agreed to a peace treaty recognizing Bulgaria‘s independence.

  6. May 7, 2024 · In 1202, they were approached by Alexios Angelos, the son of the deposed Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelou. Alexios promised the Crusaders substantial financial aid, military support, and the reunification of the Byzantine Church with Rome if they helped him restore his father to the throne.

  7. 4 days ago · The negotiations of Isaac II with the sultan following the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, aimed at ensuring the safety of the empire against a Latin attack, were perceived in the West as outright Byzantine treachery (Chapter 8).

  8. An Open Letter to Isaac Angelos (addressing the 12th century decline) Dear Basileus Isaakios, I am writing to tell you that I still think you're a pretty crap emperor under who the empires situation got worse. That hasn't changed. You're definitely still in my top 10 worst East Roman emperors list.

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