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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.
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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Jan 5, 2024 · Alexios IV offered to pay the entire debt owed to the Venetians, give 200,000 silver marks to the crusaders, 10,000 Byzantine professional troops for the Crusade, the maintenance of 500 knights in the Holy Land, the service of the Byzantine navy to transport the Crusader Army to Egypt, and the placement of the Eastern Orthodox Church under the a...
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.
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Oct 2, 2022 · Under Emperors Isaac II, Alexios III, and Alexios IV, the Angeloi would gain the dubious distinction of being one of the most unworthy and incompetent dynasties to ever rule a European...
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"Alexios IV Angelos" published on by null. 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 ...
