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Alexios IV Angelos ( Greek: Ἀλέξιος Ἄγγελος, romanized : Aléxios Ángelos; c. 1182 – February 1204), Latinized as Alexius IV Angelus, was Byzantine Emperor from August 1203 to January 1204. He was the son of Emperor Isaac II Angelos and his first wife, an unknown Palaiologina, who became a nun with the name Irene.
Quick Reference. Emperor (1203–04); born ca.1182 or 1183, died Constantinople ca. 8 Feb. 1204. Son of Isaac II and his first wife, Alexios was left free after Isaac's blinding and in late ... From: Alexios IV Angelos in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium » Subjects: History — Early history (500 CE to 1500) Reference entries.
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Jan 5, 2024 · 1203 Jul 1. Alexios IV Angelos offers a bribe. Speyer, Germany. The young Alexios was imprisoned in 1195 when Alexios III overthrew Isaac II in a coup. In 1201, two Pisan merchants were employed to smuggle Alexios out of Constantinople to the Holy Roman Empire, where he took refuge with his brother-in-law Philip of Swabia, King of Germany.
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Alexios IV Angelos was the Byzantine emperor from 11 April 1195 to 23 January 1203. He was the son of Emperor Isaac II Angelos and Empress Irene Doukaina. His maternal grandfather was Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos.
On 25 January 1204, Alexios Doukas overthrew Alexios IV Angelos – his blind father was killed shortly after Alexios IV was strangled with a bow string. Doukas was loosely related to the imperial family by having as his mistress Eudokia Angelina , daughter of Alexios III and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera .
circa 1182. Died. February 8, 1204. Alexios IV Angelos (or Alexius IV Angelus) (Greek: Αλέξιος Δ' Άγγελος) (c. 1182 – February 8, 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from August 1203 to January 1204. He was the son of Emperor Isaac II Angelus and his first wife Irene. His paternal uncle was Emperor Alexius III Angelus .
