Editing Isaac II Angelos (section)

==Historical reputation==
Isaac has the reputation as one of the most unsuccessful rulers to occupy the Byzantine throne.<ref name=EB1911/> Surrounded by a crowd of slaves, mistresses, and flatterers, he permitted his empire to be administered by unworthy favourites, while he squandered the money wrung from his provinces on costly buildings and expensive gifts to the churches of his metropolis.<ref name=EB1911/> In 1185, the Empire lost [[Lefkada]], [[Kefallonia]], and [[Zakynthos]] to the [[Normans]]. In the same year the [[Second Bulgarian Empire|Vlach–Bulgarian Empire]] was restored after the rebellion of the brothers [[Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria|Asen]] and [[Peter IV of Bulgaria|Peter]], thus losing Moesia and parts of Thrace and Macedonia. After that [[Cilicia]] was retaken by the [[Armenians]], and [[Cyprus]] wrested from the empire by the [[Crusaders]].