When the Fourth Crusade fleet arrived at Constantinople and Alexius III fled, the city's ministers decided to restore the legitimate emperor to try to convince the crusaders to leave. The blind, aging Isaac was found in the dungeons and hastily re-crowned, though eight years of imprisonment had broken him mentally and physically. Alexius IV was reluctantly crowned alongside him as co-emperor.
Also known as: Isaac II
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Episode 15 (1 mention)
When the Fourth Crusade fleet arrived at Constantinople and Alexius III fled, the city's ministers decided to restore the legitimate emperor to try to convince the crusaders to leave. The blind, aging Isaac was found in the dungeons and hastily re-crowned, though eight years of imprisonment had broken him mentally and physically. Alexius IV was reluctantly crowned alongside him as co-emperor.
“with the tyrant dead and the tall 29-year-old Isaac II on the throne,”
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