The age of the crusades . on behalf of his kinsman, to forward theproject of young Alexius for the restoration of Isaacto the throne of Constantinople. Boniface, the com-mander of the crusaders, was a relative of Philip. Hehad also family alliances with the throne of Con-stantinople. One of his brothers, Conrad, had mar- Inducement to Divert Crusade. 259 ried Theodora, a sister of Isaac; another, Reynier, hadmarried Maria, a daughter of the Emperor the heir of this latter brother, Boniface regardedhimself as de jure King of Salonica. That he wasnot averse to the project of Philip and
The age of the crusades . on behalf of his kinsman, to forward theproject of young Alexius for the restoration of Isaacto the throne of Constantinople. Boniface, the com-mander of the crusaders, was a relative of Philip. Hehad also family alliances with the throne of Con-stantinople. One of his brothers, Conrad, had mar- Inducement to Divert Crusade. 259 ried Theodora, a sister of Isaac; another, Reynier, hadmarried Maria, a daughter of the Emperor the heir of this latter brother, Boniface regardedhimself as de jure King of Salonica. That he wasnot averse to the project of Philip and young Alexiusis proved by the fact that on leaving Philip he wentto Rome and endeavored to induce the Pope to de-clare himself in favor of young Alexius as a contes-tant for the throne of Constantinople against thereigning monarch. It is well to keep these facts inmind if one would understand the depth of the plotwhich subsequent events exposed. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PLOT FOR THE DIVERSION OF THE CRUSADE—CAPTURE OF HE grand departure of the crusaders fromVenice had been fixed for June, that time but a part of the leaders ap-peared. Some had taken ship from Bari,Genoa, and even the ports on the North-ern Ocean, as served their convenience or as theywere able to make better terms than with the Vene-tians. Of four thousand expected knights, but onethousand had arrived ; of one hundred thousand men,less than sixty thousand; of the eighty-five thousandmarks pledged for passage, but thirty-four thousandwere in hand. Dandolo protested against this asbreach of faith with him, and pointed to his fleet, wait-ing, manned and provisioned, in the harbor. He de-manded the immediate payment of the entire vain had the crusaders sent what they could tothe ducal palace—money, vessels of silver and gold,jewels, and securities on their lands. The dogedeclared, according to Robert de Clari, who was inthis army, If you do not pay, understand well that you will not move from t
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