Pope Innocent, aware of a plan to …
Years: 1203 - 1203
February
Pope Innocent, aware of a plan to divert the Crusade to Constantinople in order to gain the throne for Alexios, had accordingly ordered Boniface of Montferrat to publish immediately his original letter excommunicating the Venetians, which he had refused to do, and had forbidden any attack on Constantinople.
However, the papal letter had arrived after the fleets had left Zara.
Locations
People
- Alexios III Angelos
- Alexios IV Angelos
- Boniface of Montferrat
- Geoffrey of Villehardouin
- Isaac II Angelos
- Philip of Swabia
- Pope Innocent III
Groups
- Slavs, South
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Flemish people
- French people (Latins)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
- Italians (Latins)
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Angelid dynasty
- Cyprus, Kingdom of
