Latin Empire

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crusader state monarchy successor state

The Latin Empire was a crusader state established by Western European powers after the Fourth Crusade, ruling parts of the former Byzantine Empire from Constantinople in the early 13th century.

Aliases (1)

Latin Empire of Constantinople ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crusader state → monarchy → successor state →
alliedWith	Republic of Venice →
alsoKnownAs	Empire of Romania → Imperium Romaniae → Latin Empire of Constantinople →
capital	Constantinople →
claim	Roman imperial title →
continent	Europe →
controlled	Constantinople → parts of Thrace → parts of northwestern Asia Minor →
createdFrom	territories of the Byzantine Empire →
currency	hyperpyron →
dissolved	1261 →
dynasty	House of Courtenay → House of Flanders →
established	1204 →
establishedBy	Fourth Crusade → Western European crusaders →
event	Sack of Constantinople (1204) →
firstRuler	Baldwin I of Constantinople →
followedBy	Byzantine Empire → Despotate of Epirus → Empire of Nicaea → Empire of Trebizond →
foundedBy	Baldwin I of Constantinople → Boniface I of Montferrat → Enrico Dandolo →
governmentType	feudal monarchy →
historicalEra	High Middle Ages →
inConflictWith	Despotate of Epirus → Empire of Nicaea → Empire of Trebizond → Second Bulgarian Empire →
language	Greek → Latin →
lastRuler	Baldwin II of Constantinople →
lostCapitalTo	Empire of Nicaea →
partOf	Crusader states →
precededBy	Byzantine Empire →
region	Eastern Mediterranean →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
ruler	Baldwin I of Constantinople → Baldwin II of Constantinople → Henry of Flanders → Peter II of Courtenay → Robert I of Courtenay →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Latin Empire ("Latin Empire of Constantinople") →	alsoKnownAs
Istanbul →	isCapitalOf
Second Bulgarian Empire →	neighbor
Chronicle of Morea →	relatedTo