The Nicaean Empire, one of the Byzantine successor states, recovers Constantinople as Michael VIII enters the city in triumph ending the Latin Empire on July 25, 1261. The Fourth Crusade sack of Constantinople and other actions cemented the schism between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches and delivered a fatal blow to the already declining Byzantine Empire. leaving an enduring legacy of chaos and division.
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