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Theodore Lascaris forms an Alliance with JohannizzaTheodore Lascaris, who was warring against the Emperor Henry, took messengers and sent them to Johannizza, the King of Wallachia and Bulgaria. And he advised Johannizza that all...

They marched to a land called Skiza, which was surrounded by the sea except on one side. And in old days the way of entry had been defended with walls and towers, and moats,...

Projected Marriage Between the Emperor and the Daughter of Boniface – The Crusaders Ravage The Lands of JohannizzaThen came to the camp, as envoy, a baron, Otho of La Roche by name, belonging to...

The Emperor Meets Johannizza, and Recaptures his PrisonersThen came tidings that in a certain valley, three leagues distant from the host, were the men and women whom ohannizza was leading away captive, together with...

Now when Johannizza, the King of Wallachia and Bulgaria, heard that the emperor had been crowned in Constantinople, and that Vemas had remained in the land of Adrianople and Demotica, he collected together as...

Geoffry the Marshal of Roumania and Champagne took certain Turcoples and mounted cross-bowmen and sent them forward to see if they could learn the condition of the castle; for they knew not if...

Then came tidings to the host that Johannizza was lodged at a castle called Rodosto. So in the morning they set forth and marched to those parts to seek battle; and Johannizza broke up...

Then he asked for counsel as to what he should do. Many were the words spoken, to and fro; but in the end they said: ” Lord, we have come so far that we...

When he came to Adrianople, he required of those that were within that they should let him enter, as he had entered elsewhere. But they said they would not, and spoke thus: “Sire, when...

And you must know that within five days’ journey from Constantinople there remained nothing to destroy save only the city of Bizye, and the city of Selymbria, which were garrisoned by the French. And...