Latin Emperor

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The Latin Emperor was the monarch who headed the Latin Empire established by Western European crusaders in Constantinople after the Fourth Crusade in 1204.

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Label Occurrences
Latin Emperor canonical 3

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
monarchical title
sovereign
appliesToJurisdiction Latin Empire
associatedWithEthnicGroup Franks
Venetians
associatedWithEvent Sack of Constantinople (1204)
capital Constantinople
claimsOver Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire
country Latin Empire
deposedBy Empire of Nicaea
Michael VIII Palaiologos
dissolvedOrAbolished 1261
endTime 1261
establishedBy Fourth Crusade
Venetian Republic
linked to: Republic of Venice

Western European crusaders
firstHolder Baldwin I of Constantinople
follows Byzantine Emperor
linked to: Byzantine emperors
governmentForm feudal monarchy
hasGender male
hasSuccessorState restored Byzantine Empire
historicalRegion Bithynia
Eastern Mediterranean
Thrace
inception 1204
lastHolder Baldwin II of Constantinople
notableHolder Baldwin I of Constantinople
Baldwin II of Constantinople
Henry of Flanders
Peter II of Courtenay
Robert I of Courtenay
opposedBy Despotate of Epirus
Empire of Nicaea
Second Bulgarian Empire
partOf Crusader states
religion Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
replacedBy Byzantine Emperor
linked to: Byzantine emperors
replaces Byzantine Emperor
residence Constantinople
seat Blachernae Palace
selectionMethod election by crusader barons
startTime 1204
style Emperor of Constantinople
Emperor of Romania
titleInLatin Imperator Constantinopolitanus
Imperator Romaniae
linked to: Imperator
usedLanguage Greek
Latin
Old French

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imperium Romaniae rulerTitle Latin Emperor
Robert I of Courtenay title Latin Emperor
Baldwin II title Latin Emperor