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Alexius III Angelus (died 1211, Nicaea, Nicaean empire [now İznik, Turkey]) 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 crusaders insisted that they would only recognize the authority of Isaac II if his son was raised to co-emperor, and on 1 August the latter was crowned as Alexios Angelos IV, co-emperor. Reign of Alexios IV Capture of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Alexios IV realised that his promises were hard to keep.
Aug 8, 2012 · Isaakios II “Emperor of Byzantium” Angelos. Emperor of Byzantium 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204. A great-grandson of Emperor Alexios I, he participated in a rebellion against the usurper emperor, Andronikos I, but was pardoned. When a prophecy foretold that Andronikos' successor would be named 'Isaakios', the emperor's crony ...
Alexios Angelos Philanthropenos. Alexios Angelos Philanthropenos ( Greek: Ἁλέξιος Ἂγγελος Φιλανθρωπηνός) was a Byzantine Greek nobleman who ruled Thessaly from 1373 until c. 1390 (from c. 1382 as a Byzantine vassal) with the title of Caesar .
Alexios III Angelos (Greek: Άλέξιος Άγγελος; 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 (Greek: Άλέξιος Κομνηνός), associating himself with the Komnenos dynasty (from which he was descended matrilineally).
The Crusaders forced Isaac II to proclaim his son Alexios IV co-emperor on 1 August, effectively ending the siege. After the 1203 siege. 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 ...
Sep 3, 2018 · Alexios IV Angelos (r. 1203-1204 CE), whose father Isaac II Angelos had been deposed as emperor seven years earlier, had been touting for western support for some time. This would permit Venice to get several steps ahead of long-time trade rivals Pisa and Genoa in cornering the trade market within the Byzantine Empire.
