Empire of Romania

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The Empire of Romania, better known as the Latin Empire, was a crusader state established by Western European powers after the Fourth Crusade’s conquest of Constantinople in 1204, ruling parts of the former Byzantine Empire until 1261.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin Christian state ⓘ
crusader state ⓘ
former empire ⓘ
successor state of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Imperium Romaniae ⓘ
Latin Empire ⓘ
linked to: Empire of Romania

Latin Empire of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Latin Empire
areaIncludes Thrace ⓘ
parts of Greece ⓘ
parts of northwestern Asia Minor ⓘ
capital Constantinople ⓘ
claimedTitle Roman Emperor ⓘ
commonLanguage Greek ⓘ
conflict Bulgarian–Latin wars ⓘ
wars with the Empire of Nicaea ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
currency hyperpyron ⓘ
endDate 1261 ⓘ
endEvent Restoration of the Byzantine Empire in 1261 ⓘ
establishedAfter Fourth Crusade ⓘ
establishedBy French and Flemish nobles ⓘ
Venetian Republic ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Venice

Western European crusaders ⓘ
event Sack of Constantinople (1204) ⓘ
firstRuler Baldwin I of Constantinople ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Romania (medieval term for Byzantine imperial territory) ⓘ
linked to: Imperium Romaniae
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
lostCapitalTo Empire of Nicaea ⓘ
militaryAlly Republic of Venice ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Adrianople (1205) ⓘ
officialLanguage Latin ⓘ
opposedBy Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Despotate of Epirus ⓘ
Empire of Nicaea ⓘ
partOf Crusader states ⓘ
precededBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
reasonForEnd recapture of Constantinople by the Empire of Nicaea ⓘ
religion Latin Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruler Baldwin I of Constantinople ⓘ
Baldwin II of Constantinople ⓘ
Henry of Flanders ⓘ
Peter II of Courtenay ⓘ
Robert I of Courtenay ⓘ
startDate 1204 ⓘ
titleOfRuler Latin Emperor of Constantinople ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin Empire → alsoKnownAs → Empire of Romania ⓘ
Empire of Romania → alsoKnownAs → Latin Empire ⓘ
linked to: Empire of Romania
Principality of Achaea → partOf → Latin Empire (de facto sphere) ⓘ
linked to: Empire of Romania