Latin Crusaders

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The Latin Crusaders were Western European Christian warriors who, during the Fourth Crusade, infamously diverted from their mission to the Holy Land and instead captured and looted Constantinople, establishing short-lived Latin states in former Byzantine territories.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Latin Christian Crusaders 2
Latin Crusaders canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader army
Western European Christian warriors
alliedWith Republic of Venice
captured Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople

Zara
composedOf infantry
knights
sergeants
conflictWith Byzantine Empire
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Christians
crusadeNumber Fourth Crusade
divertedTo Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Zara
established Crusader states
surface form: Crusader states in Greece

Latin Empire
surface form: Latin Empire of Constantinople

Latin states in former Byzantine territories
ideology crusading movement
initialObjective attack Muslim-held Egypt
recover Jerusalem
knownFor diversion of crusade from Holy Land
establishing Latin rule over Orthodox populations
plundering of Byzantine churches and relics
language Latin
ledBy Baldwin of Flanders
Boniface I of Montferrat
surface form: Boniface of Montferrat

Enrico Dandolo
looted Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
militaryType feudal host
notableEvent Sack of Constantinople in 1204
surface form: Sack of Constantinople
operatedIn Byzantine Empire
Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Eastern Mediterranean
opposedBy Pope Innocent III
origin Flanders
France
Holy Roman Empire
Italy
Western Europe
participatedIn Fourth Crusade
religion Latin Christian Church
surface form: Latin Christianity

Roman Catholicism
resultedIn Sack of Constantinople in 1204
surface form: Latin occupation of Constantinople

creation of successor Byzantine Greek states
fragmentation of Byzantine Empire
long-term Latin–Greek hostility
sanctionedBy Pope Innocent III
timePeriod early 13th century
yearOfSackOfConstantinople 1204

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Referenced by (3)

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

Siege of Nicaea combatant Latin Crusaders
this entity surface form: Latin Christian Crusaders
cross potent with four crosslets usedBy Latin Crusaders
this entity surface form: Latin Christian Crusaders