Emperor of Nicaea from 1254 to 1258
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Ruled the Byzantine rump state of Nicaea for four years in the 1250s, having inherited it from his father. Educated by top scholars and spent his downtime writing theological treatises—basically the medieval intellectual influencer type.
Theodore II Doukas Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris 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, especial…
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