Nicholas Laskaris

1200 – 1210 · Generation XXXIII · Co-emperor (r. 1208–1210) · Laskaris (Nicaea)

Nicholas. Co-emperor (r. 1208–1210). Eldest son of Theodore I; junior co-emperor, died young. His mother was Anna Komnene Angelina, his father’s first wife, and he was the first son of that marriage. Proclaimed co-emperor beside Theodore I in 1208, he vanishes from the record after 1210, and nothing more of his short life is known.

Place in the family

• Nicholas Laskaris was a great-great-great-grandson of Alexios I Komnenos.

One of 6 people of Laskaris (Nicaea) (1175–1305) in this archive. The emperors in exile at Nicaea, who kept the empire alive while Latins held Constantinople.

Line of descent: Manuel Komnenos → John Komnenos → Alexios I Komnenos → Theodora Komnene → Andronikos Angelos Doukas → Alexios III Angelos → Anna Angelina → Nicholas Laskaris.

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Parents

• Theodore I Laskaris (1175 – 1222)
• Anna Angelina (1176 – 1212)

Siblings

• Irene Laskarina (1196 – 1240)