Hello everyone !
In 1185 Byzantium was in pretty catastrophic situation. Norman sicilians had invaded the empire and sacked Thessalonica, and mostly though that Constantinople would be the next target of William II. It was in that atmosphere of fear and panic that Skleros Seth, a court shootsayer, made the prophecy that the successor of Andronic would start with an "I". In result the minion of Andronic, Hagiochristophoros, failed to kill Isaac Ange who was elevated as the new Basileus by the people of Constantinople.
However the needs for a timeline i prepare i have two questions :
- (minor POD) What if Hagiochristophoros succeed and killed Ange ? Byzantium could avoid the shameful 4th Crusade and survive ?
- (major POD) What if Seth designated not Ange but Irène, the Andronic's illegitimate daughter he had with Theodora Comnenos ? Did she have a chance to deposed her father and be crowned as Basilissa of Rhomania and be like Eirene the first ?
Thx for all the help you can provide. And sorry for my bad english
In 1185 Byzantium was in pretty catastrophic situation. Norman sicilians had invaded the empire and sacked Thessalonica, and mostly though that Constantinople would be the next target of William II. It was in that atmosphere of fear and panic that Skleros Seth, a court shootsayer, made the prophecy that the successor of Andronic would start with an "I". In result the minion of Andronic, Hagiochristophoros, failed to kill Isaac Ange who was elevated as the new Basileus by the people of Constantinople.
However the needs for a timeline i prepare i have two questions :
- (minor POD) What if Hagiochristophoros succeed and killed Ange ? Byzantium could avoid the shameful 4th Crusade and survive ?
- (major POD) What if Seth designated not Ange but Irène, the Andronic's illegitimate daughter he had with Theodora Comnenos ? Did she have a chance to deposed her father and be crowned as Basilissa of Rhomania and be like Eirene the first ?
Thx for all the help you can provide. And sorry for my bad english