Latin Empire - House of Toucy, Latin Emperors of Constantinople, Latin Empresses of Constantinople, Lordship of Negroponte, Fourth Crusade (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: House of Toucy, Latin Emperors of Constantinople, Latin Empresses of Constantinople, Lordship of Negroponte, Fourth Crusade, Baldwin II of Constantinople, Baldwin I of Constantinople, Robert of Courtenay, Peter II of Courtenay, Henry of Flanders, Charles, Count of Valois, Philip I, Prince of Taranto, Marie of Brienne, War of the Euboeote Succession, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, Marie de Bourbon, Princess of Achaea, Bulgarian-Latin Wars, John of Brienne, Maria of Calabria, Berengaria of Leon, List of Latin Emperors, Yolanda of Flanders, Navarrese Company, Catherine of Valois, Lady of Neuville, Siege of Constantinople, Treaty of Nymphaeum, Marie of Champagne, Catherine of Courtenay, Agnes of Durazzo, Robert, Prince of Taranto, Elizabeth of Slavonia, List of Latin empresses, Agnes of Montferrat, Philip II, Prince of Taranto, Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress, Lucia, Countess of Tripoli, Maria of Bulgaria, Latin Empress, James of Baux, Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae, Philip of Courtenay, Narjot de Toucy, Duchy of Philippopolis. Excerpt: The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) was originally intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. Instead, in April 1204, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and conquered the Christian (Eastern Orthodox) city of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire). This is seen as one of the final acts in the Great Schism between the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. The crusaders established the Latin Empire (1204-1261) and other "Latin" states in the Byzantine lands they conquered. After the limited success of the Third Crusade (1189-1192), there was little interest in Europe for another crusade against the Muslims. The crusaders had lost Jerusalem to the Ayyubid dynasty, which ruled all of Syria and E...