Imperium Romaniae

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Imperium Romaniae is the Latin name for the Latin Empire, a Crusader state established after the Fourth Crusade’s conquest of Constantinople in 1204.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader state
Latin Empire
former empire
medieval state
alsoKnownAs Latin Empire
surface form: Latin Empire of Constantinople
capital Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
capitalRecapturedIn 1261
claimedSuccessorOf Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire
createdBy Crusader barons
leaders of the Fourth Crusade
currency hyperpyron
dynasty House of Courtenay
House of Flanders
endTime 1261
establishedAfter Fourth Crusade
Sack of Constantinople in 1204
surface form: Sack of Constantinople (1204)
firstRuler Baldwin I of Constantinople
Baldwin of Flanders
followedBy Byzantine Empire
surface form: Byzantine Empire (restored)
governmentForm elective monarchy
hasEnglishName Latin Empire
hasLatinName Imperium Romaniae
hasType feudal monarchy
historicalEra High Middle Ages
language Greek
Latin
locatedIn Balkans
Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Eastern Mediterranean
Thrace
lostCapitalTo Empire of Nicaea
notableRuler Baldwin I of Constantinople
Baldwin II of Constantinople
Henry of Flanders
Peter II of Courtenay
opposedBy First Bulgarian Empire
surface form: Bulgarian Empire

Despotate of Epirus
Empire of Nicaea
partOf Crusader states
religion Western Christianity
surface form: Latin Christianity

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
replaced Byzantine Empire
rulerTitle Latin Emperor
secondRuler Henry of Flanders
shortName Romania
startTime 1204
usedLegalSystem Byzantine law
surface form: Roman law (Byzantine tradition)

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

Latin Empire alsoKnownAs Imperium Romaniae
Empire of Nicaea alsoKnownAs Imperium Romaniae
this entity surface form: Empire of the Romans
Empire of Romania alsoKnownAs Imperium Romaniae
Empire of Romania historicalRegion Imperium Romaniae
this entity surface form: Romania (medieval term for Byzantine imperial territory)