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Alexios V Doukas
Alexios V Doukas, nicknamed Mourtzouphlos, a Byzantine military noble who seized power in 1204, reigned about two months during the Fourth Crusade's …
Timeline
- 1180–1203Constantinople · ConstantinopleFrom a cadet branch of the Doukas family, he rose amid palace coups and civil strife, was appointed head of the palace guard, and took part in the political struggles of deposing and enthroning emperors.
- 1204Constantinople · ConstantinopleAfter deposing Alexios IV in a coup he declared himself emperor, organized military and civilian resistance to the Fourth Crusade's siege, but the city's defenses collapsed and he abandoned the city and fled on the eve of its fall in April 1204.
- 1204Thrace · ThraceAfter fleeing he was captured by Latin forces in Thrace, brought back to Constantinople, and, following crusader custom, thrown to his death from the top of the Column of Constantine.
Sources
- Alexius V Ducas Mourtzouphlus https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexius-V-Ducas-Mourtzouphlus
- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium — Alexander Kazhdan (ed.) (1991)