John of Brienne has helped fend off …
Years: 1236 - 1236
John of Brienne has helped fend off attacks by the Bulgarians and the Nicaeans, but is finally forced to appeal to the West for help.
Baldwin II, now nineteen, goes to Western Europe to solicit funds and military aid, visiting Rome, France and Flanders.
Both rulers have proved to be as weak and incapable as their Courtenay predecessors.
Locations
People
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Flemish people
- Flanders, County of
- French people (Latins)
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars
- Latin Empire of Constantinople (“Romania”)
- Nicaea, Empire of
Topics
- Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- Crusades, The
- Byzantine Civil War of 1222-42
- Latin Empire-Byzantine Empire War, Second
