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Theodore II Doukas Laskaris

1221 – 1258

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Theodore II Laskaris was Emperor of Nicaea from 1254 to 1258. He was the only child of Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and Empress Irene Laskarina. His mother was the eldest daughter of Theodore I Laskaris who had established the Empire of Nicaea as a successor state to the Byzantine Empire in Asia Minor, after the crusaders captured the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, during the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Theodore received an excellent education from two renowned scholars, Nikephoros Blemmydes and George Akropolites. He made friends with young intellectuals, especially with a page of low birth, George Mouzalon. Theodore began to write treatises on theological, historical and philosophical themes in his youth. Third Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea under the Laskarid Dynasty.

Name
Theodore II Doukas Laskaris
Locality
Volos, Regional unit of Magnesia, Greece
Born
1 ianuarie 1221
Died
16 august 1258
Age
37 years
From
Bursa, Türkiye
Location
Monastery of the Savior of Christ Sosander of Asia ↗
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32793

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Cemetery
Monastery of the Savior of Christ Sosander of Asia
Locality
Volos, Regional unit of Magnesia
Country
Greece
Public figure
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