<P> The Sack of Constantinople or Siege of Constantinople occurred in 1204 and marked the culmination of the Fourth Crusade . Mutinous Crusader armies captured , looted , and destroyed parts of Constantinople , the capital of the Byzantine Empire . After the capture , the Latin Empire was established and Baldwin of Flanders was crowned Emperor Baldwin I of Constantinople in the Hagia Sophia . </P>
<P> The Sack of Constantinople or Siege of Constantinople occurred in 1204 and marked the culmination of the Fourth Crusade . Mutinous Crusader armies captured , looted , and destroyed parts of Constantinople , the capital of the Byzantine Empire . After the capture , the Latin Empire was established and Baldwin of Flanders was crowned Emperor Baldwin I of Constantinople in the Hagia Sophia . </P>
who controlled the city of constantinople at the end of the crusades
who controlled the city of constantinople at the end of the crusades
Emperor Baldwin I of Constantinople
Emperor Baldwin I of Constantinople