{"slug": "baldwin-ii-latin-emperor", "label": "Baldwin II, Latin Emperor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_II%2C_Latin_Emperor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269573", "qid": "Q269573", "description": "Emperor of Constantinople", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1217, 1273], "span_label": ["1217 CE", "1273 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Baldwin II of Constantinople"], "related": [{"slug": "latin-empire", "label": "Latin Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "john-of-brienne", "label": "John of Brienne", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-emperor", "label": "Byzantine Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "john-iii-doukas-vatatzes", "label": "John III Doukas Vatatzes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "principality-of-achaea", "label": "Principality of Achaea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-i-of-anjou", "label": "Charles I of Anjou", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1217, "year_label": "1217 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Baldwin II of Courtenay, Latin emperor (d. 1273)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488093#Births", "title": "1217", "revid": 1367488093, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1228, "year_label": "1228 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Robert I (or Courtenay) dies after a 7-year reign in Morea (Southern Greece). He is succeeded by his 11-year-old brother, Baldwin II, as ruler of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, with John of Brienne as regent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360747311#Europe", "title": "1228", "revid": 1360747311, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1235, "year_label": "1235 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Constantinople: The Byzantine emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II besiege Constantinople in an attempt to take it from its Latin rulers, John of Brienne and Baldwin II. Angelo Sanudo successfully negotiates a two-year truce.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362483906#Events", "title": "1235", "revid": 1362483906, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1261, "year_label": "1261 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Reconquest of Constantinople: Alexios Strategopoulos and his men hide at a monastery near the city gates, before entering through a secret passage. After a short struggle, the guards who are completely taken by surprise are killed and the Venetian quarter is set ablaze. Panic spreads through the capital and Emperor Baldwin II rushes out to save his life, evacuating along with many other Latins with the help of the Venetian fleet. Baldwin manages to escape to the still Latin-held parts of Greece, but Constantinople is lost for good.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350011180#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1261", "revid": 1350011180, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1267, "year_label": "1267 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Treaty of Viterbo: Emperor Baldwin II of Constantinople gifts the Principality of Achaea to King Charles I of Sicily, in the hope that Charles can help him restore the Latin Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359629010#Europe", "title": "1267", "revid": 1359629010, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1273, "year_label": "1273 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Baldwin of Courtenay, emperor of the Latin Empire (b. 1217)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364847849#Deaths", "title": "1273", "revid": 1364847849, "section": "Deaths"}}]}