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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.
- 19 July 1203 – 27 January 1204
- Irene (Palaiologos?)
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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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.
Jan 5, 2024 · Alexius offers Crusaders a deal. 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 ...
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 .
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Sep 7, 2023 · As a matter of fact, one of the most infamous episodes of the controversial history of the Crusades did not get anywhere near the Holy Lands but was diverted against a different target,...
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.
