Theodore Komnenos Doukas

Theodore Komnenos Doukas was ruler of Epirus and Thessaly from 1215 to 1230. He was also the power behind the rule of his sons John and Demetrios over Thessalonica in 1237–1246. Born between 1180 and 1185, Theodore was a son of the sebastokrator John Doukas and of Zoe Doukaina. He served Theodore I Laskaris, founder of the Empire of Nicaea,...