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Theodore II Laskaris

1221 - 1258

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Theodore II Doukas Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris (Greek: Θεόδωρος Δούκας Λάσκαρις, romanized: Theodōros Doukas Laskaris; November 1221/1222 – 16 August 1258) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodore II Laskaris has received more than 287,973 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Theodore II Laskaris is the 5,688th most popular politician (down from 2,399th in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 289th in 2019) and the 195th most popular Turkish Politician.

Theodore II Laskaris was the Byzantine emperor who reigned from 1254 to 1258. He is most famous for being the first emperor to use the title of "Emperor of Nicaea."

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Theodore II Laskaris ranks 5,688 out of 19,576. Before him are Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress, Guy Mollet, Hashim Thaçi, Johannes Steinhoff, Gyeongsun of Silla, and Martinian. After him are Juanita Castro, Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes, and Huo Guang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1221, Theodore II Laskaris ranks 5. Before him are Bonaventure, Alfonso X of Castile, Margaret of Provence, and Al-Adil II. After him are Yesü Möngke, Qara Hülegü, and Salimbene di Adam. Among people deceased in 1258, Theodore II Laskaris ranks 3. Before him are Al-Musta'sim, and Al-Shadhili. After him are Juliana of Liège, Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq, Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, and George Mouzalon.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Theodore II Laskaris ranks 432 out of 1,347. Before him are Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1800), Euthymius the Great (377), Heraclius the Elder (600), Jacob Baradaeus (505), Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi (1609), and Despina Khatun (1438). After him are Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), Mark of Ephesus (1392), John IV of Constantinople (600), Şehzade Korkut (1467), Drastamat Kanayan (1884), and Simeon Stylites the Younger (521).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Theodore II Laskaris ranks 195. Before him are Şahin Giray (1745), Halide Edib Adıvar (1884), Fevzi Çakmak (1876), Binali Yıldırım (1955), Nubar Pasha (1825), and Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1800). After him are Şehzade Korkut (1467), Drastamat Kanayan (1884), Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1791), Maria Palaiologina (1300), Dürrüşehvar Sultan (1914), and Leo V, King of Armenia (1342).

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