Theodore II Laskaris, Byzantine-Greek emperor (born 1222)

Theodore II Laskaris

Emperor of Nicaea from 1254 to 1258

Theodore II 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 daughter of Theodore I Laskaris, who had established the Empire of Nicaea as a…