John III, emperor at Nicaea and regent …
Years: 1228 - 1228
John III, emperor at Nicaea and regent for young Baldwin II, his grandson, seeks to retake Constantinople from the Latins before his rivals Theodore Angelus Doukas, despot of Epirus, or Ivan Asen II, Tsar of Bulgaria.
Locations
People
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Flemish people
- French people (Latins)
- Italians (Latins)
- Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars
- Latin Empire of Constantinople (“Romania”)
- Nicaea, Empire of
- Epirus, Despotate of
Topics
- Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- Crusades, The
- Byzantine Civil War of 1222-42
- Latin Empire-Byzantine Empire War, Second
