Baldwin I, Latin Emperor
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Baldwin I was the first Emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople; Count of Flanders from 1194 to 1205 and Count of Hainaut from 1195 to 1205. Baldwin was one of the most prominent leaders of the
Baldwin I of Constantinople
Silver 'maille' (half-denarius or petit denier) struck at Ypres under Baldwin IX
Seal of Baldwin as emperor
Baldwin's Tower in the Tsarevets castle, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
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
Baldwin I, Latin Emperor
…1205 and Count of Hainaut (as Baldwin VI) from 1195 to 1205. Baldwin was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the sack of Constantinople in 1204, the conquest of the Byzantine Empire, and the foundation of the Latin Empire. The following year he was defeated at the Battle of Adrianople…
Venetian mosaic in the San Giovanni Evangelista depicting the fall of Constantinople, made in 1213
The siege of Constantinople in 1204, by Palma il Giovane
The original Horses of Saint Mark displayed inside St Mark's Basilica in Venice; replicas adorn the outside.