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- Alexios III Angelos (Medieval Greek: Ἀλέξιος Ἄγγελος; c. 1153 – 1211), Latinized as Alexius III Angelus, was Byzantine Emperor from March 1195 to 17/18 July 1203. He reigned under the name Alexios Komnenos (Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός) associating himself with the Komnenos dynasty (from which he was descended cognatically).
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Alexios III Angelos (Medieval Greek: Ἀλέξιος Ἄγγελος; c. 1153 – 1211), Latinized as Alexius III Angelus, was Byzantine Emperor from March 1195 to 17/18 July 1203. He reigned under the name Alexios Komnenos (Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός) associating himself with the Komnenos dynasty (from which he was descended cognatically).
- 8 April 1195 – 18 July 1203
- Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa
Feb 14, 2024 · Alexius III Angelus was the Byzantine emperor from 1195 to 1203. He was the second son of Andronicus Angelus, grandson of Alexius I. In 1195 he was proclaimed emperor by the troops; he captured his brother, the emperor Isaac II, at Stagira in Macedonia and had him blinded and imprisoned.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Alexios III Angelos (1195–1203) Alexios was the elder brother of the emperor Isaakios II (1185–1195), who he deposed and blinded. Although he had some military success against the Second Bulgarian Emperor, established during the reign of Isaakios II, provincial leaders attempted to establish independent territories.
Alexios III Angelos ( Medieval Greek: Ἀλέξιος Ἄγγελος; c. 1153 – 1211), Latinized as Alexius III Angelus, was Byzantine Emperor from March 1195 to 17/18 July 1203. He reigned under the name Alexios Komnenos ( Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός) associating himself with the Komnenos dynasty (from which he was descended cognatically ).
Alexius III (Alexius Angelus) (əlĕk´sēəs, ăn´jələs), d. after 1210, Byzantine emperor (1195–1203). He acceded to power by deposing and blinding his brother Isaac II. This act served as pretext for the leaders of the Fourth Crusade (see Crusades) to attack Constantinople (1203).
Biography Alexios III Angelos (c. 1153 – 1211) was Byzantine emperor from 1195 to 1203. Early life Alexios III Angelos was the second son of Andronicos Angelos and Euphrosyne Castamonitissa. Andronicus was himself a son of Theodora Comnene, the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Ducaena.
Niketas Choniates, Historia. Alexios III's climb to power set in chain a series of events that would ultimately lead to the crusader sack of Constantinople in 1204. Alexios was brother to Isaac II Angelos, himself a usurper.
