Alexios IV Angelos
Alexios IV Angelos or Alexius IV Angelus (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Ἄγγελος; c. 1182 – February 1204) 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.
| Alexios IV Angelos | |||||
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| Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans | |||||
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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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