His regent and co-ruler was Michael VIII Palaiologos, who maneuvered John IV aside, and after Alexios Strategopoulos captured Constantinople, the capital of the Latin Empire as well as the fallen Byzantine Empire, Michael deposed John IV and later blinded him.
His regent and co-ruler was Michael VIII Palaiologos, who maneuvered John IV aside, and after Alexios Strategopoulos captured Constantinople as well as the fallen Byzantine Empire and later blinded him. Michael deposed John IV was the fallen Byzantine Empire. Constantinople was the capital of the Latin Empire.