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Sack of Constantinople

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 the capture of the city, the Latin Empire (known to the Byzantines as the Frankokratia, or the Latin occupation) was established and Baldwin IX of Flanders crowned emperor in Hagia Sophia.

Sack of Constantinople
Sack of Constantinople · Palma Le Jeune (1544–1620), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
8 Apr 1204 – 13 Apr 1204
Where
Constantinople
Era
Medieval

Topics

Turkey1,258 BCE – todayByzantine Empire752 BCE – 1453

Before and after

Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae1204Battle of Adrianople1205Show on timeline

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