Six events that are instrumental in the Early Latin Empire.
Crusaders wake up to find the Byzantine Army has evacuated Constantinople. The crusaders begin looting the city.
Baldwin van Vlaanderen is crowned Latin Emperor. Boniface de Monferrat is unhappy because he wanted to be emperor. Latin Imperial politics begin.
The Greeks have an uprising at Demotica and Adrianople. The Latin Army is sent to besiege the rebels.
The Battle of Adrianople is a massive defeat for the Latin Empire as their army is destroyed by the Second Bulgarian Empire. Emperor Baldwin I is captured and presented to Emperor Kaloyan.
Henry van Vlaanderen is crowned emperor after word reaches the Latin Imperial court that Baldwin I has died in captivity. Henry I sends the Latin Army into Bulgaria in a counterattack.
Theodore Lascaris who was Emperor in Nicea in Asia Minor forms an alliance Kaloyan. Lascaris will attack the Latin Empire from the East while Kaloyan attacks from the West. Ultimately, the plan fails.
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