The New International Encyclopædia/Alexis III. Angelus

ALEXIS III., ANGELUS (?-1210). Brother of Isaac Angelus, Emperor of Constantinople, whose throne he usurped in 1195. In 1203 his capital was besieged and taken by the Venetians and an army of French Crusaders, who reinstated Isaac II. On the capture of the city Alexis III. fled, and died a few years afterward in exile.