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Baldwin I, Latin Emperor
Baldwin I
(July 1172 – ), the first emperor of the
Latin Empire
of
Constantinople
, as
Baldwin IX
Count of Flanders
and as
Baldwin VI
Count of Hainaut
, was one of the most prominent leaders of the
catastrophic Fourth Crusade
, which resulted in the
sack of Constantinople
and the conquest of large parts of the
Byzantine Empire
, and the foundation of the
Latin Empire
, also known as
Romània
. He lost his final battle to
Kaloyan
, the emperor of
Bulgaria
, and spent his last days as his prisoner.
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