Editing Emperor (section)

====Latin emperors====
{{Main|Latin Emperor}}
In 1204 Constantinople fell to the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] and the [[Franks]] in the [[Fourth Crusade]]. Following the tragedy of the horrific [[Siege of Constantinople|sacking]] of the city, the conquerors declared a new "Empire of Romania", known to historians as the [[Latin Empire of Constantinople]], installing [[Baldwin IX]], [[Count of Flanders]], as Emperor. However, Byzantine resistance to the new empire meant that it was in constant struggle to establish itself. Byzantine Emperor [[Michael VIII Palaiologos]] succeeded in recapturing Constantinople in 1261. The [[Principality of Achaea]], a vassal state the empire had created in [[Morea]] (Greece) intermittently continued to recognize the authority of the crusader emperors for another half century. Pretenders to the title continued among the European nobility until circa 1383.