Fourth Crusade
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The Fourth Crusade was a 13th-century military expedition that infamously diverted from its original goal of reclaiming the Holy Land to instead sack the Christian city of Constantinople in 1204.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade | 1 |
| First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crusade
ⓘ
military expedition ⓘ religious war ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Crusader army ⓘ Republic of Venice ⓘ |
| cause |
Byzantine dynastic disputes
ⓘ
Venetian financial and political interests ⓘ call to crusade by Pope Innocent III ⓘ desire to recover Jerusalem ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Boniface I of Montferrat
ⓘ
surface form:
Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat
|
| conflictType |
Byzantine–Latin conflicts
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin–Byzantine conflict
religious conflict ⓘ |
| date | 1202–1204 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1204 ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Alexios III Angelos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alexios IV Angelos NERFINISHED ⓘ Baldwin of Flanders ⓘ Boniface I of Montferrat ⓘ
surface form:
Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat
Enrico Dandolo ⓘ Pope Innocent III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| notableConsequence |
dispersal of Byzantine art and relics to Western Europe
ⓘ
intensification of Latin–Greek animosity ⓘ plunder and destruction of Constantinople ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Sack of Constantinople in 1204
ⓘ
surface form:
Sack of Constantinople (1204)
Siege of Zara ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Byzantine loyalists
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox clergy ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Pope Innocent III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalObjective |
attack on Muslim-controlled Holy Land
ⓘ
reconquest of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| outcome |
creation of the Latin Empire of Constantinople
ⓘ
long-term decline of Byzantine power ⓘ partition of Byzantine territories among crusaders and Venice ⓘ |
| partOf | Crusades ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 13th century ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| result |
Sack of Constantinople in 1204
ⓘ
surface form:
Sack of Constantinople
capture of Constantinople by crusaders ⓘ deepened schism between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches ⓘ establishment of the Latin Empire ⓘ weakening of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| startTime | 1202 ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Republic of Venice ⓘ |
| year | 1204 ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade
this entity surface form:
First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203