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Alexios V Doukas
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Byzantine emperor
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Alexios V Doukas (1140–1204) was a Byzantine sovereign and emperor. Born in Constantinople, he was a member of the Doukas family and held citizenship in the Byzantine Empire. His native name was Αλέξιος Ε' Δούκας Μούρτζουφλος. He was affiliated with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and was married to Eudokia Angelina.
Alexios V Doukas suffered from blindness. He died in Constantinople in 1204 and was buried in Rhodes. His life and reign are documented in sources including the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and the New International Encyclopedia.
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Key facts
- Reign
- 27 January – 12 April 1204
- Coronation
- 5 February 1204
- Predecessor
- Isaac II Angelos and Alexios IV Angelos
- Successor
- Constantine Laskaris (briefly?) , Baldwin I ( Latin Empire ) , Theodore I ( Nicaea ) , Michael I ( Epirus ) , Alexios I ( Trebizond ) , Alexios III ( Mosynopolis ) , Boniface I ( Thessalonica ) , Theodore Mangaphas ( Philadelphia )
- Born
- c. 1140 (estimation)
- Died
- December 1204 ( 1205-01 ) , (Modern day Istanbul University )
- Spouse
- Philokalina , Eudokia Angelina
- Dynasty
- Angelos dynasty
- Religion
- Greek Orthodox
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexios V Doukas (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Δούκας, romanized: Aléxios Doúkās; died December 1204), Latinized as Alexius V Ducas, was Byzantine emperor from February to April 1204, just prior to the sack of Constantinople by the participants of the Fourth Crusade. His family name was Doukas, but he was also known by the nickname Mourtzouphlos or Murtzuphlus (Μούρτζουφλος), referring to either bushy, overhanging eyebrows or a sullen, gloomy character. He achieved power through a palace coup, killing his predecessors in the process. Though he made vigorous attempts to defend Constantinople from the crusader army, his military efforts proved ineffective. His actions won the support of the mass of the populace, but he alienated the elite of the city. Following the fall, sack, and occupation of the city, Alexios V was blinded by his father-in-law, the ex-emperor Alexios III, and later executed by the new Latin regime. He was the last Byzantine emperor to rule in Constantinople until the Byzantine recapture of Constantinople in 1261.
Origins and character
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