Manuscript miniatureLater depiction

Baldwin I of Flanders

c. 1172?–c. 1206?

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Cut-out photograph of the church reconstructed in 1981; not a surviving medieval building. — Klearchos Kapoutsis from Santorini, Greece · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The tower bears the name of Baldwin of Flanders.

Scene 4 · Tsarevets, Tarnovo

Cut-out detail; background removed. Papal seal in the National Museum of Ireland. The photograph’s title attributes it to Innocent III and says it was found in Dublin. Paul and Peter are visible. — Sailko · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In April 1205, Emperor Baldwin I is captured near Adrianople.

Scene 1 · Kaloyan

One of the Latin commanders tells this story. Baldwin besieges Adrianople.

Scene 5 · Kaloyan

But on Thursday, 14 April 1205, the nobleman Louis follows the Cumans. He calls Baldwin after him.

Scene 6 · Kaloyan

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Tsarevets, Tarnovo Kaloyan

Sources

Министерство на туризма на Република България Царевец (страница за Велико Търново) Министерство на туризма на Република България · unpaginated
Национален туристически клъстер „Българският пътеводител“ Архитектурно-историческият резерват „Царевец“, гр. Велико Търново BG Guide · unpaginated
Geoffrey de Villehardouin; translated by Frank T. Marzials Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople London: J. M. Dent,; Fordham University Internet Medieval Sourcebook · 1908 · 64–69, 87–102

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Kandi File:Baldwin's Tower.JPG Wikimedia Commons · not applicable
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Johann H. Addicks (-jha-) File:Theodosianische Landmauer in Istanbul.jpg Wikimedia Commons; media file description and imageinfo API
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Wikimedia geographical database contributors Adrianople, now Edirne: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database
Wikimedia geographical database contributors Tarnovo, now Veliko Tarnovo: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database
Wikimedia geographical database contributors Constantinople: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database
Wikimedia geographical database contributors Rome: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database
Dosseman File:Edirne Roman Walls and Macedonian Tower 0210.jpg Wikimedia Commons; media file description and imageinfo API
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Община Велико Търново Архитектурно-музеен резерват „Царевец“ Official municipal website
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Андрей Романенко File:Baldwin Tower, view from below 01.jpg Wikimedia Commons; media file description and imageinfo API
Georg Kristoffer Fjalsett; Store norske leksikon Balduin 1. Store norske leksikon
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John Bagnell Bury Baldwin I. (1172–1205) The Reader’s Biographical Encyclopaedia · 1922

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Maître de Fauvel · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Manuscript miniature · 1337 · later depiction · detail

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