Alexius IV Angelus Biography
1182
Byzantine Empire
1204
Constantinople
Byzantine emperor
"[The Crusaders] sent two knights to the emperor [Alexius IV] and demanded again that he should pay them. He replied to the messengers that he would pay nothing, he had already paid too much, and that he was not afraid of anyone."
—Robert de Clari, "The Summons to Alexis," in the Internet Medieval Sourcebook, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/4cde.html#cp.
Alexius IV was one of a long line of emperors of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern Roman Empire. Though his reign lasted only six months, his time spent as head of the empire had far-reaching effects. Alexius IV persuaded the Christian soldiers, or Crusaders, who were...
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