Latin Emperor
| Emperor of Constantinople | |
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Imperial | |
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Arms of the Latin Empire of Constantinople | |
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Baldwin II | |
| Details | |
| Style | His Imperial Majesty |
| First monarch | Baldwin I |
| Last monarch | Baldwin II |
| Formation | 16 April 1204 |
| Abolition | 25 July 1261 |
| Residence | Bucoleon Palace |
The Latin Emperor was the ruler of the Latin Empire, the historiographical convention for the Crusader realm, established in Constantinople after the Fourth Crusade (1204) and lasting until the city was recovered by the Byzantine Greeks in 1261. Its name derives from its Catholic and Western European ("Latin") nature. The empire, whose official name was Imperium Romaniae (Latin: "Empire of Romania"), claimed the direct heritage of the Eastern Roman Empire, which had most of its lands taken and partitioned by the crusaders. This claim however was disputed by the Byzantine Greek successor states, the Empire of Nicaea, the Empire of Trebizond and the Despotate of Epirus. Out of these three, the Nicaeans succeeded in displacing the Latin emperors in 1261 and restored the Byzantine Empire.
Latin emperors of Constantinople, 1204–1261
| Monarch | Portrait | Birth | Coronation | Marriages | Death |
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| Baldwin I 1204–1205 |
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July 1172 son of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders |
16 May 1204 in the Hagia Sophia began reign on 9 May |
Marie of Champagne 6 January 1186 2 daughters |
1205 possibly Tsarevets, Bulgaria aged about 33 |
| Henry 1206–1216 |
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c. 1174 son of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders |
20 August 1206 began reign in July |
(1) Agnes of Montferrat 4 February 1207 1 child? (2) Maria of Bulgaria 1213 no children |
11 June 1216 aged about 42 |
| Peter 1216–1217 |
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c. 1155 son of Peter and Elizabeth de Courtenay |
9 April 1217 in a church outside Rome began reign in 1216 |
(1) Agnes of Nevers one daughter (2) Yolanda of Flanders 10 children |
1219 aged about 64 |
| Yolanda (regent) 1217–1219[1] |
1175 daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders |
Peter, Latin Emperor 10 children |
August 1219 aged 44 | ||
| Conon de Béthune (regent) 1219 |
before 1160 | 17 December 1219 | |||
| Giovanni Colonna (regent) 1220–1221 |
ca. 1170 | 28 January 1245 | |||
| Robert I 1221–1228 |
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son of Peter II of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders, Latin Emperors | 25 March 1221 | Lady of Neuville 1227 no children |
January 1228 Morea, Principality of Achaea |
| John (senior co-emperor for the underage Baldwin II) 1229–1237 |
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c. 1170 son of Erard II of Brienne and Agnes de Montfaucon |
(1) Queen Maria of Jerusalem 14 September 1210 one daughter (2) Stephanie of Armenia one son (3) Berengaria of León 1224 4 children |
27 March 1237 aged about 67 | |
| Baldwin II 1228–1261 |
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1217 son of Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor and Yolanda of Flanders, Latin Empress |
15 April 1240 began reign in 1228 |
Marie of Brienne 1234 one son |
October 1273 Naples, Kingdom of Sicily aged 43 |
Latin emperors of Constantinople in exile, 1261–1383
- Baldwin II (1261–1273), in exile from Constantinople
- Philip I (1273–1283), his son
- Catherine I (1283–1307), his daughter, with...
- Charles (1301–1307), her husband
- Catherine II (1307–1346), their daughter, with...
- Philip II (1313–1332), her husband
- Robert II (1346–1364), their son
- Philip III (1364–1373), his brother
- James (1373–1383), his nephew
James of Baux willed his titular claims to Duke Louis I of Anjou, also claimant to the throne of Naples, but Louis and his descendants never used the title.
References
- ↑ Donald M. Nicol, The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453, (Cambridge University Press, 2002), 12.
See also
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