Boniface I of Montferrat

Type Figure Region Italy Time 1150–1207 Also known as Boniface I

Marquis of Montferrat in Italy, chosen in 1201 as commander of the Fourth Crusade.…

Timeline

1201–1202Montferrat · MontferratBoniface was elected crusader leader with the support of Pope Innocent III, responsible for assembling the army and coordinating expedition plans with the Venetian doge Dandolo, steering the crusade toward Zara and Constantinople.
1203–1204Constantinople · ConstantinopleBoniface commanded the crusaders in two sieges of Constantinople, first restoring Alexios IV to the throne, then completely capturing the city in April 1204 and participating in the partition of Byzantine territory.
1204–1207Thessalonica · ThessalonicaAfter the fall of Constantinople, Boniface was granted the crown of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, ruling northern Greece and Thessaly, contending with Latin Emperor Baldwin I and Venice over eastern territories, and finally killed in a Bulgarian ambush in 1207.

Geoffrey of Villehardouin, Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople — Geoffrey of Villehardouin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Villehardouin
Jonathan Phillips, The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople — Jonathan Phillips (2004)