Laitin Empire
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Empire o Romanie Imperium Romaniae | |||||||||
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| 1204–1261 | |||||||||
 Arms of the Latin Empire of Constantinople
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 The Laitin Empire wi its vassals (in yellae) an the Greek successor states o the Byzantine Empire (in reid) efter the Treaty o Nymphaeum in 1214. The borders are very uncertain. | |||||||||
| Caipital | Constantinople | ||||||||
| Common leids | Laitin, Auld French (official) Greek (popular) | ||||||||
| Releegion | Roman Catholic (official) Greek Orthodox (popular) | ||||||||
| Govrenment | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||
• 1204–1205 | Baldwin I | ||||||||
• 1206–1216 | Henry | ||||||||
• 1216–1217 | Peter | ||||||||
• 1217–1219 | Yolanda (regent) | ||||||||
• 1219–1228 | Robert I | ||||||||
• 1228–1237 | John o Brienne (regent) | ||||||||
• 1237–1261 | Baldwin II | ||||||||
| Historical era | Heich Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 1204 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1261 | ||||||||
| Aurie | |||||||||
| 1204 est. | 339,000 km2 (131,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
| 1260 est. | 22,000 km2 (8,500 sq mi) | ||||||||
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The Empire o Romanie[1] (Laitin: Imperium Romaniae), mair commonly kent in historiography as the Latin Empire (Greek: Λατινική Αυτοκρατορία) or Laitin Empire o Constantinople, wis a feudal Crusader state foondit bi the leaders o the Fowert Crusade on lands capturt frae the Byzantine Empire.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ On the lang history o "Romanie" as a territorial name for the Roman an (later) Byzantine empires, see R.L. Wolff, "Romania: The Latin Empire of Constantinople". In: Speculum, 23 (1948), pp. 1-34.