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John IV Laskaris

1250 - 1305

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John IV Doukas Laskaris (or Ducas Lascaris) (Greek: Ἰωάννης Δούκας Λάσκαρις, Iōannēs Doukas Laskaris; December 25, 1250 – c. 1305) was emperor of Nicaea from August 16, 1258, to December 25, 1261. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John IV Laskaris has received more than 223,809 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). John IV Laskaris is the 2,076th most popular politician (down from 1,466th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Turkey (down from 212th in 2019) and the 140th most popular Turkish Politician.

Laskaris is most famous for being the emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1258 to 1261. His reign was marked by his attempts to retake Constantinople from the Latins.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John IV Laskaris ranks 2,076 out of 15,577Before him are Musa ibn Nusayr, Edmund Ironside, Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Al-Hakam II, Dagobert III, and Leopoldo Galtieri. After him are Berenice IV of Egypt, Dangun, Nikola IV Zrinski, Kanishka, Austen Chamberlain, and Manasseh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1250, John IV Laskaris ranks 5Before him are Manco Cápac, Arghun, Kitbuqa, and Alaeddin Pasha. After him are Fra Dolcino, Marguerite Porete, Oghul Qaimish, Robert II, Count of Artois, Al-Muazzam Turanshah, Moses de León, and Pietro d'Abano. Among people deceased in 1305, John IV Laskaris ranks 4Before him are William Wallace, Joan I of Navarre, and Wenceslaus II of Bohemia. After him are Roger de Flor, Guy, Count of Flanders, Nicholas of Tolentino, Moses de León, Jean de Meun, Roger of Lauria, Maximus Planudes, and Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, John IV Laskaris ranks 251 out of 1,301Before him are Niketas Choniates (1155), Isidore of Miletus (442), Arcesilaus (-315), Xenocrates (-396), Theophanes the Confessor (758), and Novatian (220). After him are Gregory Thaumaturgus (213), Eumenes II (-221), Eumenes (-362), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), Hümaşah Sultan (1540), and Priscus (410).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, John IV Laskaris ranks 140Before him are Alexios II Komnenos (1169), Alexios V Doukas (1140), Kenan Evren (1917), Justin II (520), Philippikos Bardanes (700), and Attalus I (-269). After him are Eumenes II (-221), Alexander (870), Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), Fahri Korutürk (1903), Astyanax (null), and Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (1100).