114S,  waa  also  ilot  trnfintonate.  His  son,  Alexios
II.,  stKctoeded  <A.D.  1180),  and  waa  dethroned  by  his
guardian  Andronicua,  sa  was  the  latter  by  Isaac  (A.Dl
1186).  After  a  reign  diaturbed  from  without  and
within,  laaae  waa  dethroned  by  bia  brother,  Alexiua
HI.  (A.D.  1106).  '  The  emaadara  restored  him  and
his  aon  AlaifiBa  IV. ;  bnt  the  seditious  Consuntino-
politana  proclaimed  Alexius  V.,  Ducaa  Murzaphliu^
empwor,  who  put  Alexius  IV.  to  deaUi.  At  the  same
time  Isaac  11.  died.  During  the  last  reigns,  the  kings
of  Sicily  had  made  fluny  cooqueata  on  the  coasts  of
the  Adriatic.  Tbe  Latins  now  forced  their  way  te
Constantinople  (A.D.  1804),  conquered  tbe  city,  and
retain^  it,  together  with  moat  of  the  European  terri-
tories of  the  emfMie,  Baldwin,  «>ont  of  Fland<(%'
waa*  i^ade  empertw ;  Boniface,  marquu  of  Mmitforat,
obuined  Thesaalonka  as  a  kingdom,  and  tbe  Vene*
tiana  acquired  a  large  extent  of  territory.  In  Rhodea*
Pbiladelpbia,  Corinth,  and  Epirua,  independent  eover*
eigne  arose.  Theodore  Lasc'aria  seised  on  tbe  Asiatic
-proTinoea,  boia  the  title  of  twaeror  at  Nice,  and  waa,
at  firat,  nHtre  powerAil  than  Baldwin.  A  deacendanl
of  the-  Comneni,  named  Alexius,  established  a  princi-
pahty  St  ^ebiaond*  in  which  hia  great-grandson  Jobs
took  the  mis  of  Neither  Baldwin  nor  hia

eoccesaors  were  able  to  aeeure  the  tottering  throne.
He  hiniself  died  in  captivity  smoiw  Uie  ^Igarians
(1806).  To  him  succeeded  Henry,  hia  l»otber,  with
Peter,'  bi;athef-in-law  of  Henry,  ud  lus  son  Robert
(A.D.  mi).  With  the  exception  of  CoaaUntiDOple,
all  tbe  remaining  Byzantine  territory,  including  Tma-
salofiica,  was  conquered  by  John,  emperor  of  Nice.
