Theodore Angelos

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Theodore Angelos
Sebastokrator
Co-ruler of Thessaly
Reignc. 1289c. 1299
PredecessorJohn I Doukas
SuccessorConstantine Doukas
Diedc. 1299
DynastyKomnenodoukai
FatherJohn I Doukas
MotherHypomone

Theodore Angelos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Ἄγγελος, romanizedTheodōros Angelos) was co-ruler of Thessaly from c. 1289 to his death in c. 1299.

Theodore was the third son of John I Doukas, ruler of Thessaly by his wife, who is only known by her monastic name Hypomone ("Patience").[1][2] When John died in or shortly before 1289, he was succeeded by Theodore's older brother Constantine, but Theodore served as his co-ruler. Initially, the two brothers were under the tutelage of Anna Palaiologina Kantakouzene as they were underage.[3] Awarded the title of sebastokrator from the Byzantine emperor in 1295, he was scheduled to marry the Armenian princess Theophano, daughter of King Leo II, but this project fell through.[2] He was defeated in battle by the Byzantine general Michael Doukas Glabas Tarchaneiotes, and died in c. 1299.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Polemis 1968, p. 97.
  2. ^ a b c PLP, 195. ῎Αγγελος Θεόδωρος.
  3. ^ PLP, 195. ῎Αγγελος Θεόδωρος; 212. <῎Αγγελος>, Κωνσταντῖνος Δούκας.

Sources[edit]

  • Ferjančić, Božidar (1974). Тесалија у XIII и XIV веку [Thessaly in the 13th and 14th Centuries] (in Serbian). Belgrade: Византолошког институт САНУ.
  • Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08260-4.
  • Polemis, Demetrios I. (1968). The Doukai: A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography. London: The Athlone Press. OCLC 299868377.
  • Trapp, Erich; Beyer, Hans-Veit; Walther, Rainer; Sturm-Schnabl, Katja; Kislinger, Ewald; Leontiadis, Ioannis; Kaplaneres, Sokrates (1976–1996). Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit (in German). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 3-7001-3003-1.
Preceded by Ruler of Thessaly
c. 1289c. 1299
With: Constantine Doukas
Succeeded by