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Robert of Courtenay (died 1228), emperor of the Latin Empire
Latin Empire

The Latin Empire or Latin Empire of Constantinople is the name given by historians to the Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire after their sack of Constantinople in 1204 and ended in 1261....
, or of Constantinople
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
, was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and a descendant of the French king, Louis VI
Louis VI of France

Louis VI , called the Fat , was List of French monarchs from 1108 until his death . Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis". The first member of the House of Capet to make a lasting contribution to the centralizing institutions of royal power, Louis was born in Paris, the son of Philip I of France and his first wife, Bertha of Hollan...
, while his mother Yolanda of Flanders
Yolanda of Flanders

Yolanda of Flanders ruled the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her husband Peter II of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219.She was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders....
 was a sister of Baldwin
Baldwin I of Constantinople

Baldwin I , the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders and as Baldwin VI County of Hainaut, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the capture of Constantinople, the conquest of the greater part of the Byzantine Empire, and the foundation of the...
 and Henry of Flanders
Henry of Flanders

Henry , was the second emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.He was a younger son of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut , and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, sister of Philip, Count of Flanders, count of Flanders....
, the first and second emperors of the Latin Empire.

When it became known in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 that Peter of Courtenay was dead, his eldest son, Philip
Philip II of Namur

Philip II , called ? la l?vre, was the Marquis of Namur from 1212 to his death. He was the eldest son of the Peter of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders....
, Marquis of Namur
Marquis of Namur

The following is a list of Marquisses or Margraves of Namur .Namur was not often an independent state, rather under the dominion of other entities like the counties of Count of Hainaut and County of Flanders or the Duchy of Burgundy....
, renounced the succession to the Latin empire of Constantinople in favor of his brother Robert, who set out to take possession of his distracted inheritance, which was then ruled by Conon of Béthune as regent
Regent

A regent, from the Latin regens "reigning", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present or debilitated....
.






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Robert of Courtenay (died 1228), emperor of the Latin Empire
Latin Empire

The Latin Empire or Latin Empire of Constantinople is the name given by historians to the Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire after their sack of Constantinople in 1204 and ended in 1261....
, or of Constantinople
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
, was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and a descendant of the French king, Louis VI
Louis VI of France

Louis VI , called the Fat , was List of French monarchs from 1108 until his death . Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis". The first member of the House of Capet to make a lasting contribution to the centralizing institutions of royal power, Louis was born in Paris, the son of Philip I of France and his first wife, Bertha of Hollan...
, while his mother Yolanda of Flanders
Yolanda of Flanders

Yolanda of Flanders ruled the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her husband Peter II of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219.She was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders....
 was a sister of Baldwin
Baldwin I of Constantinople

Baldwin I , the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders and as Baldwin VI County of Hainaut, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the capture of Constantinople, the conquest of the greater part of the Byzantine Empire, and the foundation of the...
 and Henry of Flanders
Henry of Flanders

Henry , was the second emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.He was a younger son of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut , and Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, sister of Philip, Count of Flanders, count of Flanders....
, the first and second emperors of the Latin Empire.

When it became known in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 that Peter of Courtenay was dead, his eldest son, Philip
Philip II of Namur

Philip II , called ? la l?vre, was the Marquis of Namur from 1212 to his death. He was the eldest son of the Peter of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders....
, Marquis of Namur
Marquis of Namur

The following is a list of Marquisses or Margraves of Namur .Namur was not often an independent state, rather under the dominion of other entities like the counties of Count of Hainaut and County of Flanders or the Duchy of Burgundy....
, renounced the succession to the Latin empire of Constantinople in favor of his brother Robert, who set out to take possession of his distracted inheritance, which was then ruled by Conon of Béthune as regent
Regent

A regent, from the Latin regens "reigning", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present or debilitated....
. Crowned emperor on March 25, 1221 Robert, who was surrounded by enemies, appealed for help to the pope Honorius III and to the king of France Philip II
Philip II of France

Philip II Augustus was the King of France from 1180 until his death. A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d'Oise, the son of Louis VII of France and his third wife, Ad?le of Champagne....
; but meanwhile his lands were falling into the hands of the rival Despotate of Epirus
Despotate of Epirus

The Despotate or Principality of Epirus was one of the Byzantine Greeks successor states of the Byzantine Empire that emerged in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204....
 and Empire of Nicaea
Empire of Nicaea

The Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the three Byzantine Greeks states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled after Constantinople was conquered during the Fourth Crusade....
.

Some little aid was sent from western Europe, but soon Robert was compelled to make peace with his chief foe, John Ducas Vatatzes, emperor of Nicaea, who was confirmed in all his conquests. Robert promised to marry Eudoxia, daughter of the late emperor of Nicaea, Theodore I Lascaris and Anna Angelina
Anna Angelina

Anna Komnena Angelina was a daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos and of Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera.Her first marriage was to the sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos, a great-nephew of the emperor Manuel I Komnenos....
. He had been betrothed to Eudoxia on a former occasion; however, he soon repudiated this engagement, and married the Lady of Neuville
Lady of Neuville

Lady of Neuville was the Empress consort of Robert of Courtenay, Latin Empire of Constantinople. Her first name is unknown, though a number of genealogies have assigned her the name Eudoxie ....
, already the fiancée of a Burgundian
Duchy of Burgundy

The Duchy of Burgundy was a feudal territory once existing within the France in the Middle Ages. It roughly conforms to the modern Bourgogne. Existing between 843 and 1477, the Duchy was ruled by a succession of Duke of Burgundy, whose extinction with the death of Charles the Bold in 1477 led to the Duchy being absorbed into the French crown...
 gentleman. Heading a conspiracy, the Burgundian drove Robert from Constantinople, and early in 1228 the emperor died in Morea
Morea

Morea was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also referred to a Byzantine province in the region, known as the Despotate of Morea....
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Yolanda
Yolanda of Flanders

Yolanda of Flanders ruled the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her husband Peter II of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219.She was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders....
 | width="40%" align="center" | Latin Emperor
Latin Empire

The Latin Empire or Latin Empire of Constantinople is the name given by historians to the Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire after their sack of Constantinople in 1204 and ended in 1261....

1221–1228 | width="30%" align="center" | Succeeded by:
Baldwin II
Baldwin II of Constantinople

Baldwin II of Courtenay was the last emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.He was a younger son of Yolanda of Flanders, sister of the first two emperors, Baldwin I of Constantinople and Henry of Flanders....
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