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the topic "Pope Martin IV"
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1281 Pope Martin IV authorizes the Ninth CrusadeNinth Crusade The Ninth Crusade, which is sometimes grouped with the Eighth Crusade [i], is commonly considered to be ...
against the newly re-established Byzantine EmpireByzantine Empire Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used since the 19th century [i] to describe the Greek-spea ...
in ConstantinopleConstantinople Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire [i] and following its fall in 1453 [i], of the O ...
; FrenchFrance France, officially the French Republic, is a country [i] whose metropolitan territory [i] ...
and VenetianVenice Venice is the capital [i] of the region [i] of Veneto [i] and the province of the same name [i] ...
expeditions set out toward Constantinople but are forced to turn back in the following year.
1282 The SicilianSicily Sicily is an autonomous region [i] of Italy [i] and the larges ...
rebellion known as the Sicilian Vespers begins against the rule of AngevinAngevin Angevin is the name applied to the residents of Anjou [i], a former province of the Kingdom of France, ...
King Charles I of SicilyCharles I of Sicily Charles of Anjou , also Charles I of Sicily....
; over the next six weeks, thousands of French are killed. The rebellion forces Charles to abandon the Ninth CrusadeNinth Crusade The Ninth Crusade, which is sometimes grouped with the Eighth Crusade [i], is commonly considered to be ...
while still en route to the target city of ConstantinopleConstantinople Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire [i] and following its fall in 1453 [i], of the O ...
, and allows King Peter III of AragonPeter III of Aragon Peter III , called the Great, was the king of Aragon [i] and Valencia [i] an ...
to take over rule of the island from Charles (which in turn leads to Peter's excommunicationExcommunication Excommunication is a religious censure [i] which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious ...
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