Theodore II Laskaris
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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
Miniature of Theodore II from the manuscript of Georgius Pachymeres' Historia, 14th century
Ruins of the walls of Nicaea (now İznik in Turkey)
Hyperpyron of Theodore II issued during his first regnal year, depicting him alongside the Virgin Mary
Ruins of the Byzantine fortification around Dyrrachium (now Durrës in Albania)
George Mouzalon
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George Mouzalon was a high official of the Empire of Nicaea under Theodore II Laskaris.
Theodore II Laskaris
…from two renowned scholars, Nikephoros Blemmydes and George Akropolites. He made friends with young intellectuals, especially with a page of low birth, George Mouzalon. Theodore began to write treatises on theological, historical and philosophical themes in his youth. Emperor John III arranged for Theodore to marry…
Emperor Theodore II Laskaris (r. 1254–1258), George Mouzalon's friend and patron
Michael Palaiologos, who as leader of the aristocrats orchestrated Mouzalon's murder, facilitating his own rise to the imperial throne