Latin Empire Imperium Constantinopolitanum Imperium Romaniae Imperium Romanorum | |||||||||||||||
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1204–1261[note 1] | |||||||||||||||
Capital | Constantinople | ||||||||||||||
Common languages | Latin, Old French (official) Greek (popular) | ||||||||||||||
Religion | Latin Catholic (official) Greek Orthodox (popular) | ||||||||||||||
Government | Feudal Christian Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
Emperor | |||||||||||||||
• 1204–1205 | Baldwin I | ||||||||||||||
• 1206–1216 | Henry | ||||||||||||||
• 1216–1217 | Peter | ||||||||||||||
• 1219–1228 | Robert I | ||||||||||||||
• 1229–1237 | John | ||||||||||||||
• 1228–1261 | Baldwin II | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | High Middle Ages | ||||||||||||||
1204 | |||||||||||||||
• Joint Nicean-Bulgarian campaign against Empire | 1235 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1261[note 1] | ||||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||||
1204 est.[2] | 179,000 km2 (69,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
1209 est.[2] | 206,000 km2 (80,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
1228 est.[2] | 47,000 km2 (18,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
1260 est.[2] | 14,000 km2 (5,400 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Turkey Greece Bulgaria |
The Latin Empire was a feudal crusader state. It was created during the Fourth Crusade on the land captured from the Byzantine Empire. Originally, the crusaders were told to retake the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem. Instead of doing that, the crusaders looted and captured Constantinople.
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