Baldwin II of Courtenay

Baldwin II of Courtenay (1217–1273), the last Latin emperor of Constantinople, was a son of Peter of Courtenay. He succeeded his brother Robert in 1228, ruling first with his father-in-law John of Brienne, whose daughter Marie he married. His realm held little beyond Constantinople, and he repeatedly travelled west for aid. In 1238 his regency council pawned the Crown of Thorns to Venetian creditors, and he later pledged his son Philip to merchants.

In 1261 Constantinople was recaptured and Baldwin fled, eventually reaching Italy. After the 1267 Treaty of Viterbo with Charles of Anjou, he died in Naples in 1273.