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Hace 4 días · The First Crusade (1096-1099) was called by Pope Urban II in response to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who requested help in repelling the invading Seljuk Turks from Anatolia. Urban saw this as an opportunity to unite the eastern and western branches of Christendom, which had been divided since the East-West Schism of 1054, and to establish himself as head of the unified ...
Hace 4 días · Anna Comnena tells us that Alexios I recruited a contingent of Flemish knights after meeting the count of Flanders in 1091 and that during his Petcheneg campaign he was expecting to be joined by a contingent of troops from Rome. Jacoby also asserts that the request at Piacenza was unlikely because there was no need for mercenary ...
Hace 15 horas · The largest and most powerful of the Greek successor states to emerge was Nicaea (then the name of a city-state in north-western Anatolia). Styling itself under the cognomen Empire of Nicaea, the dominant Laskaris family of nobles, proclaimed Theodore (I) Lakaris emperor (basileus) in 1205.
Hace 4 días · Asen moved into Byzantine territory and defeated Alexios Aspietes. He captured the Byzantine fortresses along the River Struma leaving Vlach and Bulgarian troops to garrison them. A new Byzantine army, under the command of the Emperor's son-in-law, Isaac Komnenos, launched a counterinvasion.
Hace 2 días · The crusaders insisted that they would only recognize the authority of Isaac II if his son was raised to co-emperor, and on 1 August the latter was crowned as Alexios Angelos IV, co-emperor. Reign of Alexios IV Capture of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Alexios IV realised that his promises were hard to keep.
Hace 3 días · These leaders gathered their forces and embarked on the arduous journey to the Holy Land, converging at Constantinople, where they pledged allegiance to Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. This alliance, though uneasy, provided crucial support and guidance through Asia Minor. The Siege of Nicaea
Hace 2 días · Cumans had served as mercenaries in the armies of the Byzantine Empire since the reign of Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118) and were one of the most important elements of the Byzantine army until the mid-14th century.
