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Isaac II Angelos

Isaac II Angelos

Former Emperor of Byzantine EmpireWikipedia

Search complete. 15 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Isaac II Angelos".

Oct 28, 2026

Tsar Power

Tsar Power

29.6 Roman the Great

Oct 28 · 10 Mentions

RobertoHOST
29:50
But before we get into the fallout from that decision, let's return to the name of this episode, Roman.
RobertoHOST
29:56
He finally divorced Prinslava, sent her to the nunnery, and instead married a Byzantine woman named Anna, who may or may not have been the niece of the Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos.
RobertoHOST
30:09
Roman then gained the imperial title of Autocrator, but it was very and purely symbolic.
RobertoHOST
30:14
It's like Grog from Critical Role being titled Grand Poop of the Doink of all this and that by Percy.

9 MINS LATER

GreggGUEST
38:52
Sounds like a not real headline.
RobertoHOST
38:55
Regardless of why Constantinople was sacked, the now homeless Emperor Constantine Lascaris received refuge from Roman.
RobertoHOST
39:03
Although history does not really count him as one of the emperors of the Byzantine Empire, it is possible that he died not long after arriving in Galicia Volhynia anyways.
GreggGUEST
39:12
So Roman is where he crashed.

Unknown podcast

The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire: Complete Medieval History, Komnenian Dynasty, and the Sack of Constantinople Explained

Oct 10 · 4 Mentions

speaker_0UNKNOWN
82:56
A small event, a single act of defiance, would ignite a full-scale revolution.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
83:03
Andronikos, in his constant state of paranoia, had sent a detachment of guards to arrest a young nobleman named Isaac Angelos.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
83:14
Isaac was not a particularly important figure, but he was a member of a powerful aristocratic family that had been a constant target of Andronikos' purges.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
83:26
When the guards arrived at his house, Isaac, knowing that arrest meant certain death, drew his sword and fought back.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
83:35
In the ensuing struggle, he killed the lead guard and managed to escape, fleeing to a nearby church.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
83:43
The news of his defiance spread like wildfire through the streets of Constantinople.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
83:50
For a city living in a state of terror, Isaac Angelos was a symbol of hope, a man who had dared to stand up to the tyrant.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
83:59
The people of Constantinople, who had been simmering with resentment for years, finally had a reason to act.
Between the Seas: A Central European History

Between the Seas: A Central European History

Revitalizing Balkan Christendom

Oct 10 · 1 Mention

JacobHOST
2:40
Originally, it was likely that Nemanja's eldest son Vukan was to receive command of Raska, as indicated by his bequeathal of the rich coastal lands of Zeta in 1190.
JacobHOST
2:55
However, soon after, Nemanja had secured the marriage of Eudoxia, emperor Isaac Angelus' niece, to his middle son Stephan.
JacobHOST
3:05
With this marriage came the title of Sebastocrator, reserved typically for members of the Byzantine royal family.
JacobHOST
3:14
This made Stefan a dynastic inheritor of universal imperial Roman power, and a clear candidate to play his temporal role in maintaining earthly order, that is to say, ruling the principality of Raska and the Roman name.

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