Eudokia Laskarina
Eudokia Laskarina Angelina painted by Ladislaus Sunthaym between 1489 and 1492
Born1210-1212
Diedafter 1247
SpouseFrederick II, Duke of Austria
Anseau de Cayeux
HouseLaskaris
FatherTheodore I Laskaris
MotherAnna Komnene Angelina

Eudokia Laskarina Angelina (Greek: Ευδοκία Λασκαρίνα Αγγελίνα, born between 1210 and 1212, died after 1247) was a Byzantine princess. She was a younger daughter of Emperor Theodore I Laskaris of Nicaea, and Anna Komnene Angelina.[1]

She was engaged to Robert I, Latin Emperor (1221), but the marriage was blocked by the Patriarch of Constantinople. She married firstly and divorced Frederick II, Duke of Austria, secondly (before 1230) Anseau de Cayeux, later regent of the Latin Empire (1237-1238).[2]

In 1247, her husband Anseau de Cayeux assigned to her custody over the city of Tzurulon in hope that it will not be attacked by John III Doukas Vatatzes, who was married to Eudokia′s sister Irene Laskarina.[3]

Her name was Eudokia, but in one western source, related to her Austrian marriage, she is mentioned as Sophia.[4]

References

  1. ^ Angold 2011, p. 52-54.
  2. ^ Perry 2013, p. 164, 182.
  3. ^ Angold 2011, p. 54.
  4. ^ Angold 2011, p. 53.

Sources

  • Angold, Michael (2011). "The Latin Empire of Constantinople, 1204–1261: Marriage Strategies". Identities and Allegiances in the Eastern Mediterranean after 1204. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited. pp. 47–68. ISBN 9781409410980.
  • Ostrogorsky, George (1956). History of the Byzantine State. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
  • Perry, Guy (2013). John of Brienne: King of Jerusalem, Emperor of Constantinople, c. 1175–1237. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107043107.


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