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could not oppose this later campaign, it appears that Henry decided it best to focus on his
European problems, for he sought a truce with Theodore I in 1214, and amicably divided Latin from Nicean possessions to the favour of Nicea.
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Henry appears to have been brave but not cruel, and tolerant but not weak, possessing "the superior courage to oppose, in a superstitious age, the pride and avarice of the clergy." The emperor died, poisoned, it is said, by
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who were natives of the city of
Constantine, and ranked many of them among his magnates, others among his soldiers, while the common populace he treated as his own people." Indeed, when a Papal legate
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Domestically, Henry appears to have a different character than many of the other
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Some contemporary historians say that Henry made a peace with
Bulgarians after the death of Kaloyan, and a marriage was arranged in 1213 between Henry and
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refused to give him allegiance. A two-year war ensued and after defeating the
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from 1205 until his death in 1216. He was one of the leaders of the
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