{"slug": "fourth-crusade", "label": "Fourth Crusade", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Crusade", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51656", "qid": "Q51656", "description": "armed expedition against Constantinople", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1201, 1254], "span_label": ["1201 CE", "1254 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "republic-of-venice", "label": "Republic of Venice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crusades", "label": "Crusades", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "venice", "label": "Venice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "st-mark-s-basilica", "label": "St Mark's Basilica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-hungary", "label": "Kingdom of Hungary", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-innocent-iii", "label": "Pope Innocent III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "croatia-in-personal-union-with-hungary", "label": "Croatia in personal union with Hungary", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zadar", "label": "Zadar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emeric-king-of-hungary", "label": "Emeric, King of Hungary", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "black-sea", "label": "Black Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "empire-of-trebizond", "label": "Empire of Trebizond", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1201, "year_label": "1201 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – Count Theobald III of Champagne suddenly dies and is replaced by Boniface I, marquis of Montferrat, as leader of the Fourth Crusade. He travels to France, where he meets his chief colleagues at Soissons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364405568#Europe", "title": "1201", "revid": 1364405568, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1202, "year_label": "1202 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – Enrico Dandolo takes the cross and agrees to lead a Venetian force, which, in an outburst of Crusading enthusiasm, reaches some 21,000 men – the largest contingent of the Fourth Crusade. He proclaims the debts will be wiped if the Crusaders take the 'rebel' Dalmatian city of Zara (modern-day Zadar) which has pledged its loyalty to Emeric, king of Hungary and Croatia. The Zara proposal causes disquiet in the Crusader ranks and also upsets Pope Innocent III who threatens to excommunicate those who attack Zara.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369187490#Fourth_Crusade", "title": "1202", "revid": 1369187490, "section": "Events › By place › Fourth Crusade"}}, {"year": 1203, "year_label": "1203 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Constantinople: The Crusaders, led by Boniface of Montferrat, capture Constantinople, in support of the deposed Emperor Isaac II and his son Alexios Angelos. This marks the main outcome of the Fourth Crusade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369187440#Fourth_Crusade", "title": "1203", "revid": 1369187440, "section": "Events › By place › Fourth Crusade"}}, {"year": 1204, "year_label": "1204 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – Sack of Constantinople: Crusaders enter Constantinople by storm and start pillaging the city as part of the Fourth Crusade. Forces of the Republic of Venice seize the antique statues that will become the horses of Saint Mark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361051821#Events", "title": "1204", "revid": 1361051821, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1204, "year_label": "1204 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – Baldwin, Count of Flanders, is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire a week after his election by the members of the Fourth Crusade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361051821#Events", "title": "1204", "revid": 1361051821, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1214, "year_label": "1214 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – Siege of Sinope: The Seljuk Turks under Sultan Kaykaus I capture the strategic Black Sea port city of Sinope – at the time held by the Empire of Trebizond (one of the Byzantine successor states formed after the Fourth Crusade). Emperor Alexios I of Trebizond leads an army to break the siege, but he is defeated and captured. His capture forces the Byzantines to accept tributary status to Kaykaus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329586748#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1214", "revid": 1329586748, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1254, "year_label": "1254 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Doge Reniero Zeno sends the Horses of Saint Mark, looted from Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade, to Venice, where they are installed on the terrace of the façade of St. Mark's Basilica.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296887805#Europe", "title": "1254", "revid": 1296887805, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}