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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.
Alexius IV Angelus was the Byzantine emperor from 1203 to 1204. Alexius was the son of Emperor Isaac II. He regained control of his rights to the Byzantine throne with the help of the Fourth Crusade but was deposed soon after by a palace coup. Imprisoned in 1195 with his father (who had been.
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Following the end of the first siege of Constantinople in 1203, on 1 August 1203, the pro-Crusader Alexios Angelos was crowned Emperor Alexios IV of the Byzantine Empire, who then tried to stabilize the city.
May 7, 2024 · On August 1, 1203, Alexios Angelos was crowned Emperor Alexios IV of the Byzantine Empire during the siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade. He aimed to stabilize the city and reconcile the anti-Crusader Greeks and pro-Crusader Latins.
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 .
Aug 16, 2023 · Whilst there, he met a distant relative-by-marriage of his, a dispossessed Byzantine prince named Alexios Angelos, whose father Isaac had briefly been one of the dizzying array of warring Byzantine Emperors of the past decade – the current Emperor, Alexios’ uncle, had blinded Isaac and stolen the throne for himself.
Alexios IV Angelos, 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. His paternal uncle was his predecessor Emperor Alexios III Angelos.
