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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: 1261 births, 1261 by country, 1261 deaths, 1261 disestablishments, 1261 establishments, 1261 in Europe, 1261 in law, Conflicts in 1261, Pope Alexander IV, W adys aw I the Elbow-high, Latin Empire, Denis of Portugal, Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury, Empire of Nicaea, Sanchia of Provence, Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway, Treaty of Nymphaeum, Otto III, Duke of Bavaria, Pier Saccone Tarlati di Pietramala, Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary, Adolf IV of Holstein, Daniel of Moscow, Konrad von Hochstaden, Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli, List of state leaders in 1261, Kingdom of Artsakh, An-Nasir Dawud, Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Battle of Callann, Plaisance of Antioch, Knut Haakonsson, Walter de Stapledon, Henry III, Duke of Brabant, Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Qin Jiushao, Bettisia Gozzadini, Albertino Mussato, Battle of Pokarwis, Wurmsbach Abbey, John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond, Furs of Valencia, Ahi Evren, Matilda of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg, Finghin Mac Carthaigh, Philip Berruyer, H j Shigetoki, Konoe Iemoto, 1261 in Ireland, 1261 in poetry. Excerpt: The Latin Empire or Latin Empire of Constantinople (original Latin name: Imperium Romaniae, "Empire of Romania") is the name given by historians to the feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire. It was established after the capture of Constantinople in 1204 and lasted until 1261. The Latin Empire was intended to supplant the Byzantine Empire as titular successor to the Roman Empire in the east, with a Western Catholic emperor enthroned in place of the Eastern Orthodox Byzantine emperors. Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, was crowned the first Latin emperor as Baldwin I on 16 May 1204. The Latin Empire failed to attain political or economic dominance over...
