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About Baldwin I of Constantinople
Baldwin I was the first Emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople; Count of Flanders from 1194 to 1205 and Count of Hainaut from 1195 to 1205. Baldwin was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the sack of Constantinople in 1204, the conquest of the Byzantine Empire, and the foundation of the Latin Empire. The following year he was defeated at the Battle of Adrianople by Kaloyan, the emperor of Bulgaria, and spent his last days as a prisoner.
Everything about Baldwin I of Constantinople →- Occupation
- monarch, writer, crusader
- Position held
- Latin emperor, count of Hainaut, Count of Flanders
- Born
- July 1172
- Died
- July 1205