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- Robert I, also Robert of Courtenay (died 1228), Latin Emperor of Constantinople, was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and Yolanda of Flanders.
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Robert I, also Robert of Courtenay (died 1228), Latin Emperor of Constantinople, was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and Yolanda of Flanders.
The Latin Emperor was the ruler of the Latin Empire, the historiographical convention for the Crusader realm, established in Constantinople after the Fourth Crusade (1204) and lasting until the city was reconquered by the Byzantine Greeks in 1261.
PortraitNameReignSuccession9 May 1204 – 14 April 1205 (11 months and ...Son of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and ...July 1172 – 1205/1206 (aged 33–34) ...20 August 1206 – 11 June 1216 (9 years, 9 ...Brother of Baldwin I; ruled as regent ...1178 – 11 June 1216 (aged 37–38) Married ...Peter PierreJuly 1216 – 1217 (1 year)Son of Peter of Courtenay, also a cousin ...Married Yolanda of Flanders (10 children).1217 – August 1219 (2 years)Daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut ...1175 – August 1219 (aged 44) Made an ...Robert I, also Robert of Courtenay (died 1228), Latin Emperor of Constantinople, was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and Yolanda of Flanders.
Robert (died 1228, Morea) was the Latin emperor of Constantinople from 1221 to 1228. He was so ineffective that the Latin Empire (consolidated by his uncle, Henry of Flanders) was largely dissolved at the end of his reign.
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Robert I (1201 - January 1228) was Byzantine Emperor for 6 years, from 25 March 1221 until January 1228. He was an ineffective ruler. References
Robert was finally crowned emperor on March 25, 1221, at least two years after he should have taken the throne. He was surrounded by enemies and appealed to Pope Honorius III and King Philip II of France but was unable to prevent Theodore Doukas and the Empire of Nicaea from taking Latin land.
Robert I, also Robert of Courtenay (died 1228), Latin Emperor of Constantinople, was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and Yolanda of Flanders.