Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos

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Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos was a late 12th- to early 13th-century ruler of the Byzantine Empire whose weak leadership and mismanagement contributed to the empire’s decline and the events leading up to the Fourth Crusade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine emperor
human
birthPlace Byzantine Empire
capitalDuringReign Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
capturedBy Boniface I of Montferrat
causeOf fiscal mismanagement and heavy taxation in the Byzantine Empire
military decline of the Byzantine Empire in the late 12th century
political instability in Constantinople
conflict Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
surface form: Bulgarian–Byzantine conflicts

Fourth Crusade
country Byzantine Empire
deathApproximateYear 1211
deathPlace Nicaea
era early 13th century
late 12th century
event coup against Isaac II Angelos in 1195
flight from Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade
father Andronikos Doukas
surface form: Andronikos Doukas Angelos
fledTo Asia Minor
Thrace
historicalAssessment considered one of the most ineffectual Byzantine emperors
imprisonedBy Theodore I Laskaris
lostTerritory parts of the Balkans
territories in Asia Minor
memberOfDynasty Angelid dynasty
mother Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa
notableEventDuringReign Sack of Constantinople in 1204
surface form: approach and siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade

increasing Venetian influence in Byzantine affairs
notableFor contributing to the conditions leading to the Fourth Crusade
overthrowing his brother Isaac II Angelos in a coup
weak leadership and mismanagement of the Byzantine Empire
policy debasement of the Byzantine currency
sale of offices and corruption in administration
positionHeld Emperor of the Romans
predecessor Isaac II Angelos
reignEnd 1203
reignStart 1195
relative Alexios IV Angelos
Theodore I Laskaris
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
residence Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
sibling Isaac II Angelos
spouse Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa
surface form: Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera
successor Alexios IV Angelos
Isaac II Angelos
title Emperor of the Romans
surface form: Autokrator of the Romans

Basileus
surface form: Basileus ton Rhomaion

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Hilandar Monastery foundedBy Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos
Sack of Constantinople in 1204 opponent Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos
this entity surface form: Emperor Alexios V Doukas
Fourth Crusade keyFigure Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos
this entity surface form: Alexios III Angelos