Alexios V Doukas

Alexios V Doukas (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Δούκας; c. 1140 – 1204), latinised as Alexius V Ducas, and also known by the nickname Mourtzouphlos (commonly assumed to refer to either bushy eyebrows or a sullen demeanour), reigned as Emperor of the Byzantine Empire briefly from February to April 1204.
Alexios was elected as Emperor on 27 January 1204, inheriting a severely weakened empire that had been plagued by an internal civil war within the reigning . Despite Alexios' attempts to rally the population of Constantinople and defend against the invading Crusaders, the Byzantines rebelled against the emperor and the Crusaders invaded and .Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade – Chapter 48 Alexios himself attempted to escape but was eventually captured and executed in December 1204.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade 
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