Siege of Constantinople

When

17 Jul 1203 – 1 Aug 1203

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

41.02° N, 28.98° E

Description

1203 siege

1203 siege of Constantinople by a Crusader-Venetian alliance

The siege of Constantinople in 1203 was a crucial episode of the Fourth Crusade, marking the beginning of a series of events that would ultimately lead to the fall of the Byzantine capital. The crusaders, diverted from their original mission to reclaim Jerusalem, found themselves in Constantinople, in support of the deposed emperor Isaac II Angelos and his son Alexios IV Angelos.

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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 “Siege of Constantinople: The Crusaders, led by Boniface of Montferrat, capture Constantinople”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Konstantinopolis Kuşatması gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “крестоносцы овладели частью стены и вскоре взяли Константинополь”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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