Not a portrait

Louis of Blois

c. 1171–1205

Where you meet Louis of Blois

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

But on Thursday, 14 April 1205, the nobleman Louis follows the Cumans.

Scene 6 · Kaloyan

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Contemporary portrait, 1185–1195 · PHGCOM · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Manuscript miniature · Unknown illuminator, Ahmedî Iskendername · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Contemporary portrait, 1430–1437 · Unknown artist; formerly attributed to Pisanello. Photo: Vassil. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Sigismund
Manuscript miniature · Maître de Fauvel · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Baldwin I of Flanders
Fresco · Unknown medieval painter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Manuscript miniature · Unknown medieval illuminator · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Manuel II

Second Tsardom

Kaloyan

Sources

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
Angel Nikolov Archaeological evidence of Bulgaria’s contacts with the Latin Empire and the Roman Church in the first half of the 13th century. Preliminary remarks PDF Studia Academica Šumenensia. Shumen University Press · 2021 · 8 · 227–260
Château royal de Blois Les personnages illustres – Louis de Blois Château royal de Blois

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Johann H. Addicks · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Not a portrait: The land walls of Constantinople. Illustration to the passage mentioning Louis of Blois.

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Johann H. Addicks (-jha-) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. A present-day photograph in Istanbul with surviving and restored masonry. It does not identify the point of entry in 1204. Unmodified. Processed image.

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