Nicholaus Kanabus was elected Emperor of the Byzantine Empire during the 4th Crusade on 25 or 27 January 1204 by an assembly of the Byzantine Senate priests and the mob of Constantinople in direct opposition to co-emperors Isaac II and Alexius IV. Nicholaus was a young noble (probably a relative of Angelid emperors) who was chosen after three days of sorting through several unwilling candidates and refused to assume the lofty position.
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