Enrico Dandolo
Doge of Venice (1107-1205) · Italy · Politicians · Died at 98
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Something wrong?The doge who hijacked a crusade. Enrico Dandolo steered the Fourth Crusade away from Jerusalem and into Constantinople in 1204, orchestrating one of history's most audacious bait-and-switches - sacking Christendom's eastern capital and carving out Venice's maritime empire in the ruins.
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30. Il Doge Enrico Dandolo che assume il comando dei Crocesegnati, anno 1201
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Dandolo became doge of Venice in 1192, already elderly by medieval standards. His shrewdness came to define the Fourth Crusade: rather than sail for the Holy Land, he redirected the crusaders to Constantinople, leading the 1204 assault that shattered the Byzantine Empire. The sack laid the groundwork for Venetian dominance across the eastern Mediterranean. For his role, the newly established Latin Empire granted him the title of Despot. He died in Constantinople in 1205 and was buried in the Hagia Sophia, the great church his forces had helped desecrate.
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