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23. Mai 2024 · Das Byzantinische Reich stand am Abgrund, als Alexios I. 1081 Kaiser wurde. Mit Diplomatie und Gold gelang es ihm, Verbündete gegen das Turkvolk der Petschenegen zu gewinnen. Im April 1091 kam...
The Empire of Nicaea was founded by Theodore Laskaris, who was the son-in-law of Alexios III, assumed all titles traditionally held by Eastern Roman Emperors, had the power to convene church councils, and was crowned by the Patriarch. Rival successor states Epirus and Trebizond recognized Nicaea as the legitimate Eastern Roman Empire ...
I dont think Alexios III had the option to not if he intended to stay in power. The fact of the matter was that the only reason he was brought to power was because his benefactors wanted a better place in the pecking order, and he had to deliver or he would have likely faced an immediate usurpation.
28. Mai 2024 · Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (Greek: Ισαάκιος Β’ Άγγελος, Isaakios II Angelos) (September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204. His father Andronikos Dukas Angelos, a military leader in Asia Minor (c. 1122 – aft. 1185), married bef. 1155 Euphrosyne ...
- September 1156
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- Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
Vor 3 Tagen · In 1202 the pope issued a thinly-veiled threat to Alexios III that force could be used against Byzantium if it did not comply. Although he neither advocated nor condoned an attack on the empire, his pronouncements allowed the participants in the Fourth Crusade to believe that it was justified.(pp. 149-152)
Alexios III also gets the credit for looting the imperial tombs as again, his weakness forced him to pay a tribute to the Holy Roman Emperor. Luckily, the Western emperor died but the money were not put to good use instead were wasted on favourites and parties.
Vor 6 Tagen · To defend against this new threat, towards the end of Andronikos III's reign a fleet of some 70 ships was built at Constantinople to oppose the Turkish raids, and headed by the megas doux, Alexios Apokaukos.
