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Byzantine–Latin Empire Truce

Type Event Region Constantinople Time 1228

In 1228, Nicaean regent John III Vatatzes and the Latin Empire agreed to a temporary truce under church mediation, pausing the struggle for Constanti…

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  1. 1228Constantinople · ConstantinopleIn January 1228, Yolanda of Flanders crowned her son Baldwin II Latin Emperor at the Hagia Sophia. The Latin Empire's territory shrank and its finances were strained, leaving it unable to face pressure from Nicaea, Epirus, and Bulgaria on multiple fronts at once.
  2. 1228Nicaea · NicaeaNicaean regent John III Vatatzes, through the mediation of a papal legate, entered talks with Latin Empire representatives on suspending military operations, exchanging prisoners, and trade routes. Vatatzes was consolidating control over western Asia Minor and also needed to avoid a two-front war.
  3. 1228–1230Both shores of the Sea of Marmara · Sea of MarmaraThe two sides reached a limited truce, and large-scale sieges around Constantinople paused. However, church-union negotiations remained deadlocked, and after 1230 the formation of a Bulgarian–Nicaean alliance intensified the military standoff once again, until Byzantium recaptured Constantinople in 1261.

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