{"slug": "isaac-ii-angelos", "label": "Isaac II Angelos", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_II_Angelos", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37135", "qid": "Q37135", "description": "Byzantine emperor (1155-1204)", "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [1156, 1204], "span_label": ["1156 CE", "1204 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "edirne", "label": "Edirne", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-sicily", "label": "Kingdom of Sicily", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-germany", "label": "Kingdom of Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-innocent-iii", "label": "Pope Innocent III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-of-swabia", "label": "Philip of Swabia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "asia", "label": "Asia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-land", "label": "Holy Land", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-i-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1156, "year_label": "1156 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1204)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362168074#Births", "title": "1156", "revid": 1362168074, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1185, "year_label": "1185 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11–12 – Isaac II Angelos leads a revolt in Constantinople and deposes Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos. Andronikos tries in vain to flee across Asia but is captured and killed by an angry mob. Isaac is proclaimed emperor, ending the Komnenos Dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362484284#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1185", "revid": 1362484284, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1187, "year_label": "1187 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Emperor Isaac II (Angelos) sends a Byzantine expeditionary force under Alexios Branas to suppress the Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion – but Alexios revolts against Isaac and is proclaimed emperor in Andrianople. He musters troops and advances on Constantinople in an attempt to seize it. However, Alexios is unable to bypass the city defenses and is defeated by the imperial forces led by Conrad of Montferrat, the emperor's brother-in-law. On the battlefield, Alexios is beheaded by Conrad's supporting footsoldiers and the rebel army flees the field.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369187098#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1187", "revid": 1369187098, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1189, "year_label": "1189 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos denies any crusader access and begins to hinder the German forces who try to cross his frontier. Frederick I progresses with force, by capturing Philippopolis and defeats a Byzantine army (some 3,000 men) that attempts to recapture the city. The Germans are delayed for six months in Thrace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362168718#Continental_Europe", "title": "1189", "revid": 1362168718, "section": "Events › By place › Continental Europe"}}, {"year": 1190, "year_label": "1190 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – A German expeditionary force (some 15,000 men) led by Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) marches towards Constantinople, on the way to the Holy Land. Emperor Isaac II (Angelos), suspicious that Frederick is planning to conquer Constantinople, attempts to stop him by attacking the Crusaders. The German forces are too strong and they capture Adrianople. A peace treaty is signed by both Isaac and Frederick, that ensures the Germans are given supplies, and free passage through to Palestina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368650742#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1190", "revid": 1368650742, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1191, "year_label": "1191 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – Emperor Isaac II (Angelos) leads a punitive expedition against Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja. The Serbians are defeated at South Morava and retreat into the mountains. The Byzantine forces raid all lands around the bank of the river and burn down Stefan's court in Kuršumlija. Nemanja does not surrender and starts irregular warfare and Isaac negotiates a peace treaty. The Serbians are forced to give up a large part of their conquests, east of the Velika Morava, and recognize Byzantine rule. Isaac recognizes Nemanja as Grand Prince of Serbia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362170549#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1191", "revid": 1362170549, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1193, "year_label": "1193 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Tancred of Sicily arranges a marriage between his son Roger III and the 12-year-old Irene Angelina, daughter of the Byzantine emperor Isaac II (Angelos). Roger suddenly dies on December 24.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367180478#Europe", "title": "1193", "revid": 1367180478, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1196, "year_label": "1196 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – Béla III of Hungary dies after a 23-year reign in which he has supported the former Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos against the invading Bulgarians. Having made the Hungarian court one of the most brilliant in Europe and made his hereditary monarchy. Béla is succeeded by his 22-year-old son Emeric as ruler of Hungary, Croatia and Dalmatia (until 1204).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362484493#Europe", "title": "1196", "revid": 1362484493, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1201, "year_label": "1201 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – Prince Alexios Angelos, son of the deposed, blinded and imprisoned late Emperor Isaac II Angelos, escapes from Constantinople. He makes his way to Sicily and then Rome where he is turned away by Pope Innocent III. Next, Alexios travels to the court of his brother-in-law, Philip of Swabia, the King of Germany, who receives him well.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364405568#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1201", "revid": 1364405568, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"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": "Deaths", "date": "January", "text": "January – Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine emperor", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361051821#Deaths", "title": "1204", "revid": 1361051821, "section": "Deaths"}}]}