Back Alexios IV Angelos Afrikaans Alexios IV. (Byzanz) ALS Aleixo IV Ánchel AN ألكسيوس الرابع أنجيلوس Arabic الكسيوس الرابع انجيلوس ARZ دؤردونجو آلکسیوس AZB Аляксей IV Ангел Byelorussian Алексий IV Ангел Bulgarian Aleix IV Àngel Catalan Alexios IV. Angelos Czech
| Alexios IV Angelos | |||||
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| Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans | |||||
.png) 15th-century portrait of Alexios IV (from a 15th-century codex containing a copy of the Extracts of History by Joannes Zonaras) | |||||
| Byzantine emperor | |||||
| Reign | 19 July 1203 – 27 January 1204 | ||||
| Coronation | 1 August 1203[1] | ||||
| Predecessor | Alexios III Angelos | ||||
| Successor | Alexios V Doukas | ||||
| Co-Emperor | Isaac II Angelos | ||||
| Born | c. 1182 | ||||
| Died | February 1204 (aged 21) Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
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| Dynasty | Angelos | ||||
| Father | Isaac II Angelos | ||||
| Mother | Irene (Palaiologos?) | ||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox | ||||
Alexios IV Angelos (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Ἄγγελος, romanized: Aléxios Ángelos; c. 1182 – February 1204), Latinized as Alexius IV Angelus, was Byzantine Emperor from August 1203 to January 1204. He was the son of Emperor Isaac II Angelos and his first wife, an unknown Palaiologina, who became a nun with the name Irene. His paternal uncle was his predecessor Emperor Alexios III Angelos. He is widely regarded as one of the worst Byzantine emperors for calling upon the Fourth Crusade to help him gain power, which ultimately led to the sack of Constantinople.