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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 2549999, member: 56653"]Enrico Dandolo also took part in the ill-fated campaign of emperor Baldwin I at Adrianople in April 1205, despite his old age and infirmity. Geoffrey de Villehardouin, which chronicled the establishment of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, lauds his prowess as both councilor and warrior alike. </p><p>After the defeat of Baldwin and Count Louis de Blois's knights by the vastly superior army of Kaloyan, the Czar of the Vlachs and Bulgarians, and the capture of the first and death on the battlefield of the later, Doge Dandolo leads the vanguard of the remaining crusader army while Villehardouin guards its rear for the whole distance between Adrianople and Pamphyla, where the knights Peter Bracieux and Payen d'Orleans add their support to the rearguard all the way back to Rodosto.</p><p><br /></p><p>Geoffrey de Villehardouin has this to say of him: </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Then did Geoffrey of Villehardouin, the Marshal of Champagne and Romania, summon to the camp the Doge of Venice, who was an old man and saw naught, but very wise and brave and vigorous; and he asked the Doge to come to him there where he stood with his men, holding the field; and the Doge did so. And when the Marshal saw him, he called him into council, aside, all alone, and said to him: "Lord, you see the misadventure that has befallen us. We have lost the Emperor Baldwin and Count Louis, and the larger part of our people, and of the best. Now let us bethink ourselves how to save what is left. For if God does not take pity of them, we are but lost." </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> And in the end they settled it thus: that the Doge would return to the camp, and put heart into the people, and order that every one should arm and remain quiet in his tent or pavilion; and that Geoffrey the Marshal would remain in full order of battle before the camp till it was night, so that their enemies might not see the host move; and that when it was night all would move from before the city; the Doge of Venice would go before, and Geoffrey the Marshal would form the rear-guard, with those who were with him.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>- Geoffrey de Villehardouin, <i>De la Conquete de Constantinople</i>, Defeat of the crusaders, Baldwin is taken, 95-96</p><p><br /></p><p>At Rodosto they met with Henry of Hainaut, emperor Baldwin's brother and next in line for the imperial title and they marched together back to Constantinople, saving the remaining crusader army from total annihilation in Thrace. </p><p>Soon after the arrival, Doge Dandolo overwhelmed with old age and exhaustion died in May 1205 and was interred in the Aya Sophia. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've written a series of 5 articles about historical and economic aspects of the Latin Empire with parallels to the evolution of small coinage between 1204 and 1261, you can read them <a href="https://idlewindexpress.wordpress.com/category/inflation-in-the-latin-empire-of-constantinople/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://idlewindexpress.wordpress.com/category/inflation-in-the-latin-empire-of-constantinople/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 2549999, member: 56653"]Enrico Dandolo also took part in the ill-fated campaign of emperor Baldwin I at Adrianople in April 1205, despite his old age and infirmity. Geoffrey de Villehardouin, which chronicled the establishment of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, lauds his prowess as both councilor and warrior alike. After the defeat of Baldwin and Count Louis de Blois's knights by the vastly superior army of Kaloyan, the Czar of the Vlachs and Bulgarians, and the capture of the first and death on the battlefield of the later, Doge Dandolo leads the vanguard of the remaining crusader army while Villehardouin guards its rear for the whole distance between Adrianople and Pamphyla, where the knights Peter Bracieux and Payen d'Orleans add their support to the rearguard all the way back to Rodosto. Geoffrey de Villehardouin has this to say of him: [I]Then did Geoffrey of Villehardouin, the Marshal of Champagne and Romania, summon to the camp the Doge of Venice, who was an old man and saw naught, but very wise and brave and vigorous; and he asked the Doge to come to him there where he stood with his men, holding the field; and the Doge did so. And when the Marshal saw him, he called him into council, aside, all alone, and said to him: "Lord, you see the misadventure that has befallen us. We have lost the Emperor Baldwin and Count Louis, and the larger part of our people, and of the best. Now let us bethink ourselves how to save what is left. For if God does not take pity of them, we are but lost." And in the end they settled it thus: that the Doge would return to the camp, and put heart into the people, and order that every one should arm and remain quiet in his tent or pavilion; and that Geoffrey the Marshal would remain in full order of battle before the camp till it was night, so that their enemies might not see the host move; and that when it was night all would move from before the city; the Doge of Venice would go before, and Geoffrey the Marshal would form the rear-guard, with those who were with him.[/I] - Geoffrey de Villehardouin, [I]De la Conquete de Constantinople[/I], Defeat of the crusaders, Baldwin is taken, 95-96 At Rodosto they met with Henry of Hainaut, emperor Baldwin's brother and next in line for the imperial title and they marched together back to Constantinople, saving the remaining crusader army from total annihilation in Thrace. Soon after the arrival, Doge Dandolo overwhelmed with old age and exhaustion died in May 1205 and was interred in the Aya Sophia. I've written a series of 5 articles about historical and economic aspects of the Latin Empire with parallels to the evolution of small coinage between 1204 and 1261, you can read them [URL='https://idlewindexpress.wordpress.com/category/inflation-in-the-latin-empire-of-constantinople/']here[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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