Reconquest of Constantinople

When

1 Aug 1261

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.02° N, 28.98° E

Description

1261 battle between the Latin and Nicaean Empires

1261 battle between the Latin and Nicaean Empires

Constantinople was recaptured in 1261 from the Latin Empire by Nicaean forces led by the general Alexios Strategopoulos. The reconquest of the city led to the re-establishment of the Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty after an interval of 57 years, during which Constantinople had been the capital of the Latin Empire, a crusader state installed by Latin forces of the Fourth Crusade following the sack of Co…

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Reconquest of Constantinople: Alexios Strategopoulos and his men hide at a monastery near the city gates, before entering through a secret passage”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Byzantinische Truppen unter der Führung von Alexios Melissenos Strategopulos erobern Konstantinopel im Handstreich zurück”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в то время, как войско и флот латинян во главе с новым венецианским подеста совершают поход против принадлежащего никейцам острова Дафнусия”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ニカイア帝国がラテン帝国からコンスタンティノポリスを奪回し、東ローマ帝国が復活（ユリウス暦）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page