During a massacre in this city, Cardinal John was beheaded and his head dragged through the street by a dog. According to Robert of Clari, Philip of Swabia was inspired to lay siege to this city after receiving the son of a deposed monarch. After a siege that captured this city’s Blachernae (“bla-CAIR-nay”) neighborhood, Baldwin IX was crowned, beginning this city’s Frankokratia. The neighboring town of Galata was used to stage an invasion of this city by Boniface of Montferrat. The Empire of Trebizond was created after that sack, which was partly prompted by unpaid debts to Enrico Dandolo. The Latin Empire was established after a siege of this city that included the landing of soldiers on this city’s Golden Horn. For 10 points, the Fourth Crusade sacked what capital of the Byzantine Empire? ■END■
ANSWER: Constantinople [accept Istanbul; accept Konstantiniyye]
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