# Theodore II Laskaris

> The boy emperor who preferred philosophers to generals ruled a Byzantine successor state from exile, trying to rebuild an empire that had been stolen by crusaders — and died at thirty-six with everything still unfinished.

*Emperor of Nicaea from 1254 to 1258*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1221
- **Died:** 1258-08-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Theodore II Doukas Laskaris was born in November 1221 or 1222, the only child of Emperor John III Vatatzes of Nicaea, the Greek empire-in-exile carved from Asia Minor after crusaders took Constantinople in 1204. Educated by renowned scholars Nikephoros Blemmydes and George Akropolites, he wrote treatises on theology, history and philosophy as a young man and kept company with intellectuals, including a low-born page named George Mouzalon. In 1235 his father married him to Elena Asenina of Bulgaria to secure an alliance; Theodore later said the marriage was happy, and they had five or six children. From 1241 he served as his father's lieutenant in Asia Minor, becoming co-ruler around 1242, though he clashed with aristocratic commanders like Michael Palaiologos. Succeeding his father on 4 November 1254, Theodore dismissed high-born officials and replaced them with loyal friends of humble origin, allied with the Seljuk Sultan against the Mongols, repelled a Bulgarian invasion in 1256, and forced the ruler of Epirus to cede Dyrrachium. But when Epirus, Serbia and Sicily formed a coalition against Nicaea in 1257, his newly appointed generals failed to hold the line. 

## Fame
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## Topics
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## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_II_Laskaris)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37082)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Theodore%20II%20Laskaris)
- [Teodoro II Lascaris](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_II_Lascaris)
- [تيودور الثاني لسقاريس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [ثيودور التانى لاسكاريس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [ایکینجی تئودور لاسکاریس](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3)
- [Феадор II Ласкарыс](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80_II_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81)
- [Теодор II Ласкарис](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80_II_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81)
- [Teodor II Làscaris](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodor_II_L%C3%A0scaris)
- [Theodóros II. Laskaris](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theod%C3%B3ros_II._Laskaris)
- [Theodor II. (Byzanz)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_II._(Byzanz))
- [Theodoros II](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoros_II)
- [Θεόδωρος Β΄ Βατάτζης](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CE%B4%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84_%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B7%CF%82)
- [Teodoro la 2-a Laskaro](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_la_2-a_Laskaro)
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- [Theodoros II Laskaris](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoros_II_Laskaris)
- [Teodoro II.a Laskaris](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_II.a_Laskaris)
- [تئودور دوم لاسکاریس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3)
- [Theodoros II Laskaris](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoros_II_Laskaris)
- [Théodore II Lascaris](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9odore_II_Lascaris)
- [Teodoro II Láscaris](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_II_L%C3%A1scaris)
- [תאודורוס השני, קיסר האימפריה הביזנטית](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%2C_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%AA)
- [Teodor II. Duka Laskaris](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodor_II._Duka_Laskaris)
- [II. Theodórosz nikaiai császár](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/II._Theod%C3%B3rosz_nikaiai_cs%C3%A1sz%C3%A1r)
- [Theodorus II Laskaris](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorus_II_Laskaris)
- [Theodor II. (Byzanz)](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_II._(Byzanz))

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