This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830 Excerpt: ...by the betrothment of another to a Prince of equal dignity, he acquired a nobler one in its stead. Twice he vanquished John Ducas, surnamed Vataces, the Greek Emperor of Nice, one of the greatest princes of the age, and Azan, King of Bulgaria, his ally, under the walls of Constantinople. Like the octogenarian Dandolo, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830 Excerpt: ...by the betrothment of another to a Prince of equal dignity, he acquired a nobler one in its stead. Twice he vanquished John Ducas, surnamed Vataces, the Greek Emperor of Nice, one of the greatest princes of the age, and Azan, King of Bulgaria, his ally, under the walls of Constantinople. Like the octogenarian Dandolo, he exposed his grey hairs in every onset with the intrepidity of a youthful knight. The rude bards of the age compare him to Hector Roland and Judas Maccabaeus; and, when he died, the Latins deplored him as their last champion, and sunk gradually under the incessant attacks of the inveterate enemies who beset them. In 1261, Michael Palasologus, the Greek Emperor of Nice, entered Constantinople in triumph; and with Baldwin, who resigned his breath in inglorious exile, terminated the dynasty of the Latin chiefs. The Turks, who entertain a superstitious respect for a coincidence of names, afterwards remarked, that under a Baldwin the Latins won the eity of the Seven Hills, and that under a Baldwin they again lost it. CHAPTER VII. Viceroyalty of Fitz-Auger--Puissance of the HospitallersCrimes laid to their charge--Canonized Knights--The Seventh Crusade--'Restoration of Jerusalem--Death of Bertrand de Comps--Invasion of the ICorasmians--Loss ef Jerusalem--Battle of Gaza--The Eighth Crusade--Exploits of Saint Louis in Egypt--Battle of Massoura--Defeat of the Crusaders--Captivity of Saint Louis--Termination of his Crusade. The Emperor Frederic, prior to his departure from Palestine, had pledged himself to lose no time in sending fresh succours thither. But the ambitious projects in which he was involved subsequent to his return, banished that desolate heritage entirely from his memory; and, had it not been for the sort of, protectorate which the Hosp...
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