Alexios IV Angelos

Target entity: Alexios IV Angelos
Context triple: [Fourth Crusade, keyFigure, Alexios IV Angelos]

• A. Alexios III Komnenos
  Alexios III Komnenos was a Byzantine emperor of Trebizond from the 14th century, known for consolidating his realm along the Black Sea coast and patronizing Orthodox monastic institutions.
• B. Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos
  Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos was a late 12th- to early 13th-century ruler of the Byzantine Empire whose weak leadership and mismanagement contributed to the empire’s decline and the events leading up to the Fourth Crusade.
• C. John VI Kantakouzenos
  John VI Kantakouzenos was a 14th-century Byzantine emperor, statesman, and historian who played a central role in the civil wars and political turmoil of the late Byzantine Empire.
• D. Manuel Kantakouzenos
  Manuel Kantakouzenos was a 14th-century Byzantine prince and military leader who became the first ruler of the Despotate of the Morea in the Peloponnese.
• E. Andronikos II Palaiologos
  Andronikos II Palaiologos was a Byzantine emperor who ruled from 1282 to 1328, overseeing a period of political decline and economic difficulty for the empire.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Alexios IV Angelos
Target entity description: Alexios IV Angelos was a Byzantine emperor whose alliance with the leaders of the Fourth Crusade led to the crusaders’ intervention in Constantinople and the eventual sack of the city in 1204.

• A. Alexios III Komnenos
  Alexios III Komnenos was a Byzantine emperor of Trebizond from the 14th century, known for consolidating his realm along the Black Sea coast and patronizing Orthodox monastic institutions.
• B. Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos
  Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos was a late 12th- to early 13th-century ruler of the Byzantine Empire whose weak leadership and mismanagement contributed to the empire’s decline and the events leading up to the Fourth Crusade.
• C. John VI Kantakouzenos
  John VI Kantakouzenos was a 14th-century Byzantine emperor, statesman, and historian who played a central role in the civil wars and political turmoil of the late Byzantine Empire.
• D. Manuel Kantakouzenos
  Manuel Kantakouzenos was a 14th-century Byzantine prince and military leader who became the first ruler of the Despotate of the Morea in the Peloponnese.
• E. Andronikos II Palaiologos
  Andronikos II Palaiologos was a Byzantine emperor who ruled from 1282 to 1328, overseeing a period of political decline and economic difficulty for the empire.
• F. None of above. chosen