Alexios V Doukas
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Alexios V Doukas, Latinized as Alexius V Ducas, was Byzantine emperor from February to April 1204, just prior to the sack of Constantinople by the participants of the Fourth Crusade. His family name w
Miniature from a 13th-century chronicle of Niketas Choniates.
The siege of Constantinople in 1204, by Palma il Giovane
Alexios V negotiating with Doge Enrico Dandolo, by Gustave Doré
Sack of Constantinople
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The sack of Constantinople occurred in April 1204 and marked the culmination of the Fourth Crusade. Crusaders sacked and destroyed most of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. After th
Alexios V Doukas
…romanized: Aléxios Doúkās; died December 1204), Latinized as Alexius V Ducas, was Byzantine emperor from February to April 1204, just prior to the sack of Constantinople by the participants of the Fourth Crusade. His family name was Doukas, but he was also known by the nickname Mourtzouphlos or Murtzuphlus (Μούρτζουφλος…
Venetian mosaic in the San Giovanni Evangelista depicting the fall of Constantinople, made in 1213
The original Horses of Saint Mark displayed inside St Mark's Basilica in Venice; replicas adorn the outside.