Editing List of Byzantine emperors (section)

== Angelos dynasty (1185–1204) ==
{{Main|Angelos|Byzantine Empire under the Angelos dynasty}}

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|+ {{Sronly|Angelos dynasty}}
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| [[File:144 - Isaac II Angelos (Mutinensis - color).png|100px|alt=miniature portrait]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | [[Isaac II Angelos|'''Isaac II''' Angelos]]<br/>{{Small|Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος}}
| 12 September 1185 – 8 April 1195<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|1185|9|12|1195|4|8}})}}<br/>1 August 1203 –<br />27 January 1204<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|1203|8|1|1204|1|27}})}}
| Born in September 1156, Isaac came to the throne at the head of a popular revolt against Andronikos I. His reign was marked by revolts and wars in the Balkans, especially against a resurgent [[Second Bulgarian Empire|Bulgaria]]. He was deposed, [[Blinding (punishment)|blinded]] and imprisoned by his elder brother, Alexios III. He was later restored to the throne by the Crusaders and Alexios IV. Due to their failure to deal with the Crusaders' demands, he was deposed by Alexios V Doukas in January 1204 and died in January 1204, perhaps of poison.

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| [[File:145 - Alexios III Angelos (Mutinensis - color).png|100px|alt=miniature portrait]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | [[Alexios III Angelos|'''Alexios III''' Angelos]]<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;{{Small|Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός}}{{Efn|Alexios III used the name Alexios Komnenos Angelos (Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος) prior to his accession but reigned as Alexios Komnenos, dropping his own family name in order to stress his matrilineal descent from the Komnenos dynasty.{{Sfn|Cotsonis|2020|pp=260–261}}}}
| 8 April 1195 – 17/18 July 1203<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|1195|4|8|1203|7|18}})}}
| Born in 1153, Alexios was the elder brother of Isaac II. His reign was marked by misgovernment and the increasing autonomy of provincial magnates. He was deposed by the [[Fourth Crusade]] and fled Constantinople, roaming Greece and Asia Minor, searching for support to regain his throne. He died in [[Empire of Nicaea|Nicaean]] captivity (confined to a monastery) in 1211.

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| [[File:146 - Alexios IV Angelos (Mutinensis - color).png|100px|alt=miniature portrait]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | [[Alexios IV Angelos|'''Alexios IV''' Angelos]]<br/>{{Small|Ἀλέξιος Ἄγγελος}}
| 19 July 1203 – 27 January 1204<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|1203|7|19|1204|1|27}})}}
| Born in 1182, the son of Isaac II. He enlisted the Fourth Crusade to return his father to the throne, and reigned alongside his restored father from 19 July 1203. Due to their failure to deal with the Crusaders' demands, he was deposed by Alexios V Doukas in January 1204, and was strangled in prison on 8 February.

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| [[File:Alexius V (cropped).JPG|100px|alt=miniature portrait]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | [[Alexios V Doukas|'''Alexios V''' Doukas]] "Mourtzouphlos"<br/>{{Small|Ἀλέξιος Δούκας}}
| 27/28 January – 12 April 1204<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|1204|1|27|1204|4|12}})}}
| Born in 1140, the son-in-law of Alexios III and a prominent aristocrat, he deposed Isaac II and Alexios IV in a palace coup. He tried to repel the Crusaders, but they [[Siege of Constantinople (1204)|captured Constantinople]] forcing Mourtzouphlos to flee. He joined the exiled Alexios III, but was later [[Blinding (punishment)|blinded]] by the latter. Captured by crusader [[Thierry de Loos]], he was thrown from the [[Column of Theodosius]]{{Sfnm|1a1=ODB|2a1=Treadgold|2y=1997|1p=66|2pp=265–266, 665|3a1=Schreiner|3pp=185–186}}

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