John III Doukas Vatatzes, Latinized as Ducas Vatatzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Γ´ Δούκας Βατάτζης, Iōannēs III Doukas Vatatzēs, c. 1192 – 3 November 1254), was...

produced several senior generals of the Byzantine army and, after John III Doukas Vatatzes intermarried with the Laskaris family, the ruling line of the Empire...

Doukas Vatatzes (Greek: Ἰσαάκιος Δούκας Βατάτζης, romanized: Isaakios Doukas Vatatzēs c. 1188-1261) was the brother of the Nicaean emperor John III Doukas...

Theodore Komnenos Doukas (Greek: Θεόδωρος Κομνηνὸς Δούκας, Theodōros Komnēnos Doukas; Latinized as Theodore Comnenus Ducas; died c. 1253) or Theodore Angelos...

Doukas name, in view of this lack of genealogical continuity "it would be a mistake to view the groups of people designated by the cognomen of Doukas...

capital of the Latin Empire. Latin emperor John of Brienne was besieged by the Nicaean emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and Tsar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. After...

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...

John Komnenos Doukas (Greek: Ιωάννης Κομνηνός Δούκας, Iōannēs Komnēnos Doúkas), Latinized as Comnenus Ducas, was ruler of Thessalonica from 1237 until...

Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Latinized as Comnenus Ducas (Greek: Μιχαήλ Β΄ Κομνηνός Δούκας, Mikhaēl II Komnēnos Doukas), often called Michael Angelos in...

Alexios III Angelos John Doukas Komnenos (1128–1176) John III Doukas Vatatzes (1193–1254), Emperor of Nicaea 1222–1254 John Komnenos Doukas (d. 1244)...

minority. John III Doukas Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea, and Michael II of Epirus invaded Bulgaria shortly after Michael's ascension. Vatatzes captured the...

died in 1221 and was succeeded by his son-in-law, John III Doukas Vatatzes The accession of Vatatzes was initially challenged by the Laskarids, with the...

John III Doukas Vatatzes (died 1254) was Emperor of Nicaea in 1221–1254. John Vatatzes or Batatzes may also refer to: John Komnenos Vatatzes (died 1183)...

Spring – Battle of Poimanenon: Byzantine forces under Emperor John III (Doukas Vatatzes', ruler of Nicaea, defeat the Latin army under the brothers Alexios...

Angelos Doukas lost Thessalonica to Nicaea in 1246 and Michael II of Epirus allied with the Latins against the Nicaeans. In 1248 John III Doukas Vatatzes of...

became the wife of Theodore's designated successor, the future John III Doukas Vatatzes in 1212. They had a son, the future Theodore II Laskaris. After...

Theodore I Laskaris, died, and was succeeded by his son-in-law, John III Doukas Vatatzes, who had emerged as the victor out of the civil strife that had...

Alexios III Angelos (r. 1195–1203) Alexios IV Angelos (r. 1203–1204) Alexios V Doukas (r. 1204) Andronikos III Palaiologos (r. 1328–1341) John VI Kantakouzenos...

military commander, and likely the father of the Nicaean emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes. Vatatzes was of low birth, hailing from the region around Adrianople...

married off to Constantine Doukas Palaiologos in 1216, but he also died childless. Irene's third husband, John III Doukas Vatatzes, succeeded Theodore on...

John III Doukas Vatatzes (c. 1192 – 1254), Emperor of Nicaea John III Comyn of Badenoch (died 1306) John III, Duke of Brittany (1286–1341) John III, Duke...

John III Doukas Vatatzes made extensive use of the words 'nation' (genos), 'Hellene' and 'Hellas' together in his correspondence with the Pope. John acknowledged...

Elena and the future Theodore II Laskaris, the son of Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes of Nicaea. The dynastic union was celebrated in 1235 and coincided...

Empire and unsuccessfully tried to topple Theodore's successor, John III Doukas Vatatzes, in 1224. Alexios was one of at least six brothers of Theodore...

Nicaean Empire. This continued until 1242 when Nicaean emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes, in response to the situation, won their favour with "gifts and...

prestigious 'Doukas' and 'Komnenos', and are collectively known as the Komnenodoukas (Κομνηνοδούκας) dynasty. In c. 1224, Theodore Komnenos Doukas conquered...

Theodora was a daughter of John Doukas and Eudokia Angelina. Her paternal grandfather was sebastokrator Isaac Doukas Vatatzes (died 1261), the older brother...

for a long time to find a suitable place to settle in Thrace. John III Doukas Vatatzes, who wanted to prevent Kipchaks invasion of Byzantine lands and...

Holy Roman Emperor and Bianca Lancia. She married Nicaean Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes as part of an alliance between her father and her husband. Some...

civil war. The city was the birthplace of emperors John III Doukas Vatatzes (born c. 1193) and John V Palaiologos (born 18 June 1332). The city—known as...