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Founding of the Latin Empire at Constantinople
After the Fourth Crusade captured Constantinople in 1204, crusader leader Baldwin I was crowned Latin emperor that May, founding the Latin Empire on …
Timeline
- 1204Constantinople · ByzantineAfter a long siege the Fourth Crusade breached Constantinople; large-scale looting occurred in the city, Byzantine Emperor Alexios V fled, and the imperial heart fell.
- 1204Hagia Sophia · ConstantinopleCrusader nobles crowned Baldwin I at the Hagia Sophia, proclaiming the Latin Empire and dividing occupied territories and spoils according to the Treaty of Venice partition.
- 1204Constantinople and surroundings · ByzantineThe Latin regime took over imperial administration and church institutions, while the Byzantine imperial family and nobles fled to Asia Minor and Greece, laying the foundation for the Greek successor states of Nicaea, Trebizond and Epirus.
Sources
- A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries — Kenneth M. Setton (1975)
- The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople — Jonathan Phillips (2004)