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  Alexius III - LoveToKnow 1911
(ANGELUS), emperor of the East, was the second son of Andronicus Angelus, nephew of Alexius I. In 1195, while his brother Isaac II.
During the fighting and carnage that followed Alexius hid in the palace, and finally, with one of his daughters, Irene, and such treasures as he could collect, got into a boat and escaped to Develton in Thrace, leaving his wife, his other daughters and his Empire to the victors.
Alexius was relegated to a monastery at Nicaea, where he died on some date unknown.
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 Alexius IV Angelus - Definition, explanation
The young Alexius was imprisoned in 1195 when Alexius III overthrew Isaac II in a coup.
Alexius was paraded outside the walls, but the citizens were apathetic, as Alexius III, though a usurper and illegitimate in the eyes of the westerners, was an acceptable emperor for the Byzantine citizens.
In January 1204 Alexius IV was deposed by the leader of the anti-western party, Alexius Murtzouphlos.
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 Alexius III Angelus Biography
Alexius, son of the deposed Isaac, escaped from Constantinople and appealed to the crusaders, promising as a crowning bribe to heal the schism of East and West if they would help him to depose his uncle.
The crusaders, whose objective had been Egypt, were persuaded to set their course for Constantinople, before which they appeared in June 1203, proclaiming Alexius as emperor Alexius IV and summoning the capital to depose his uncle.
Alexius, joined by Kay Khusrau I, the sultan of Rüm (also called the sultan of Iconium or Konya), now demanded the crown of Lascaris, and on his refusal marched against him.
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 Alexius IV Angelus
He was the son of emperor Isaac II Angelus and nephew of Alexius III Angelus.
Alexius refused their demands, saying, "I will not do anymore than I have done." At the same time relations were deteriorating with the Crusaders, Alexius had become deeply unpopular with the Greek citizenry, and with his own father.
On the night of January 27-28 1204 Alexius IV was deposed by the leader of the anti-western party, Alexius Murtzouphlos.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Alexius
In 1204 he led a Greek revolt against his coemperors Isaac II and Alexius IV, who had been supported by the Fourth Crusade, and he became the last Greek emperor of united Byzantium before its overthrow and partition by the Crusaders.
(Alexius Comnenus), 1168-83, Byzantine emperor (1180-83), son and successor of Manuel I. His mother, Mary of Antioch, who was regent for him, alienated the population by favoring the Latin element in Constantinople.
The head of the Byzantine national party, he overthrew emperors Isaac II and Alexius IV (who had been installed by the Crusaders), thus precipitating the conquest and sack of Constantinople (1204) by the...
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Crusades
Alexius Comnenus threatened the principality of Antioch, and in 1100 Bohemond himself was made prisoner by the Turks, while most of the cities on the coast were still under Mohammedan control.
The troops of Alexius III made an unsuccessful sally, and the usurper fled, whereupon Isaac Angelus was released from prison and permitted to share the imperial dignity with his son, Alexius IV.
On 5 February, 1204, Alexius IV and Isaac Angelus were deposed by a revolution, and Alexius Murzuphla, a usurper, undertook the defence of Constantinople against the Latin crusaders who were preparing to besiege Constantinople a second time.
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 Alexius IV (Angelus) Biography (c.1182–1204) Online Encyclopedia Article About Alexius IV (Angelus) Biography ...
He was the son of Isaac II and escaped to Italy after his father was dethroned by Alexius III.
When the city fell to the crusaders (1203), he was reinstated to the throne together with his father.
Soon after, he was murdered during an issurrection headed by Alexius Ducas (Alexius V).
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 Bambooweb: Marcian
Leo IV the Khazar (750-780, ruled 775 - 780) – son of Constantine V
Alexius IV Angelus (1182-1204, ruled 1203 - 1204) – son of Isaac II
Alexius V Ducas Murzuphlus (the Bushy-eyebrowed) (1140-1204, ruled 1204) – son-in-law of Alexius III
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 Alexius IV - Encyclopedia.com
When his father was deposed, Alexius fled to Italy and then went to Germany.
Encouraged by his brother-in-law, Philip of Swabia, he obtained (1202) from the leaders of the Fourth Crusade (see Crusades) the promise of help in deposing his uncle, Alexius III.
Made joint emperor with Isaac II after the Crusaders entered Constantinople, he was overthrown for his subservience to his allies and was strangled by order of Alexius V. Author not available, ALEXIUS IV.
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 List of Byzantine Emperors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Constantine IV (Κωνσταντίνος Δ') (649 - 685, ruled 668 - 685) – son of Constans II Justinian II the Slit-nosed (Ιουστινιανός Β' ο Ρινότμητος) (668 - 711, ruled 685 - 695) – son of Constantine IV; mutilated, deposed, and exiled
Leo IV the Khazar (Λέων Δ' o Χαζάρος) (750 - 780, ruled 775 - 780) – son of Constantine V
John IV Doukas Laskaris (Ιωάννης Δ' Δούκας Λάσκαρης) (1250 - 1305, ruled 1258 - 1261) – son of Theodore II, deposed, blinded, and imprisoned by Michael VIII
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 Alexius IV Biography
The next morning the Crusaders were surprised to find that the citizens had released Isaac from prisoner and re-crowned him as emperor despite the fact that he had been blinded to make him ineligible to rule.
The Crusaders could not accept this and forced Isaac to proclaim Alexius IV co-emperor.
He then attempted to defeat his uncle Alexius III who remained in control of Thrace.
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 Alexius IV — FactMonster.com
Angelus, Byzantine emperors - Angelus Angelus, family name and dynasty of three Byzantine emperors (1185–1204): see Isaac...
Alexius V - Alexius V Alexius V (Alexius Ducas Mourtzouphlos), d.
Alexius III - Alexius III Alexius III (Alexius Angelus), d.
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 Alexius III Angelus
The able and forceful empress Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina tried in vain to sustain his credit and his court; Vatatzes, the favourite instrument of her attempts at reform, was assassinated by the emperor's orders.
Leaving his protection he sought shelter with Michael I Ducas, despot of Epirus, and then repaired to Asia Minor, where his son-in-law Lascaris was holding his own against the Latins.
Succeeded by: Isaac II Angelus and Alexius IV Angelus
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 Byzantine Emperor List
Macedonian Dynasty (actually named co-emperor in 960 but empire was ruled by regent until 976)
Comnenid and Angelid Dynasties (Deposed in the 4th crusade in 1203 and replaced by Isaac II and Alexius IV but maintained limited 'provincial' control outside of Constantinople.)
Lascarid Dynasty (exiled in Nicaea after the 4th Crusade)
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