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755:(r. 1282–1328), was quick to repudiated the hated Union of the Churches. As a result, ecclesiastical ties between Thessaly, Epirus, and Constantinople were restored. Nikephoros of Epirus, a weak ruler dominated by his wife, and uneasy with his half-brother's ambitions—there are hints in the sources that John coveted Epirus, and that he had launched an attack on Ioannina—now drifted into the Byzantine orbit. Anna visited her cousin Andronikos II at Constantinople, and a plot was hatched against John: in 1283 or 1284 Nikephoros and Anna invited John's son Michael to Epirus to marry their daughter, and become the heir to their state. When Michael took the bait, he was arrested and shipped off to Constantinople, where he died in prison. Andronikos launched an invasion of Thessaly, but his troops were annihilated by 486: 461:, remained in Nicaean hands for several years thereafter. Again, despite his later association with Thessaly, John is not mentioned as playing a role in these events or in the administration of the Thessalian territories in the early 1260s, which seem rather to have been under the control of Nikephoros. 464:
The Battle of Pelagonia has frequently been described as a decisive event, but this is only partly true. Michael VIII Palaiologos' gains were rapidly reversed and his rivals quickly regained their strength, with both the Epirotes and Manfred of Sicily reclaiming most of the territories they had lost.
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report that during the march, John became incensed at some Achaean knights, who openly coveted his beautiful wife. Matters were made worse when William of Villehardouin not only did not punish his men, but also insulted John Doukas for his illegitimate birth, prompting the latter to defect before the
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has led to suggestions by modern scholars that he ruled Thessaly in his father's name, but there is no concrete evidence to back this up. It is equally unclear whether the Vlach troops he commanded were part of the official Epirote army, or a privately raised force. John played a crucial role in the
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writes, he "was a man of great resource and ambition, and was clearly in touch with the Emperor's opponents in Constantinople. His stronghold of Neopatras was uncomfortably close to the Latin-occupied parts of Greece, particularly the Duchy of Athens and Thebes with which he was in alliance; and it
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was easier for troublemakers and refugees from to make their escape to Thessaly than to Epirus". This is well illustrated by the affair of John's son-in-law, Andronikos Tarchaneiotes: angered at the Emperor's preference for his younger brother Michael, he provoked a
759:. In the next year (1284 or 1285), John took his revenge for his half-brother's treason by invading Epirus and raiding the environs of Arta. Following this punitive expedition, relations between Thessaly and Epirus settled down to an uneasy peace. 555:, and in the confusion sought refuge at John's court. The first documented contacts between John and Michael VIII's arch-enemy, Charles of Anjou, also date to the same time (April 1273). A commercial treaty was concluded, allowing the export of 621:
against John. The Byzantines surprised John at Neopatras and laid siege to his fortress, before he could react. John saved himself by sneaking through enemy lines disguised as a lowly groom seeking a stray horse, and made his way to the
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above his tomb shows him "as a monk being presented by an angel to the enthroned Virgin". After his death, his widow was compelled to recognize the suzerainty of Andronikos II Palaiologos to safeguard the position of her underage sons
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serving as his border with Epirus proper; his capital was at Neopatras. Michael VIII seized the opportunity of Michael's death for a rapprochement with the two brothers. He gave Nikephoros his niece
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Following the battle, John accompanied the Nicaeans in their rapid occupation of the Epirote domains, but he quickly became alienated from them. He brought his own followers to the coastal town of
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and the import of horses from Italy, but it is clear that these contacts were also the first steps for John joining the coalition being prepared by Charles against Constantinople and its ruler.
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Nevertheless, the effects of the battle were not wholly undone: Palaiologos' victory, gained with the assistance of John Doukas, not only prevented the Epirote–Latin league of 1259 from taking
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Palaiologos and the supporters of the Union. He resisted several attempts by Byzantine armies to conquer Thessaly, and allied himself with Palaiologos' Latin enemies, including the
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on 16 July where both Nikephoros and John were anathematized in return. John convoked another synod at Neopatras in December 1277, where an anti-Unionist council of eight
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battle, after receiving assurances that he would not have to fight his own father; thereupon the Epirotes too left, and the Latin troops were overwhelmed by the Nicaeans.
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John Doukas, but the Pope, who was probably uncertain of the Byzantine emperor's true loyalties, refused. Michael VIII would continue to press Gregory's successors,
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Michael VIII died on 11 December 1282, while preparing to invade Thessaly again. With the threat of an Angevin invasion having subsided following the
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Nevertheless, John fiercely guarded his independence, and was prepared to ally himself with Latin powers hostile to Palaiologos, namely
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promoted by Palaiologos for political reasons, he provided refuge to several political opponents of the emperor, and even convoked
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was then sent in spring 1260 to recover Thessaly, which he mostly accomplished after defeating and capturing the Nicaean general
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and much of Nicaea's European domains, but also provided a valuable breathing space in the lead-up to the eventual recovery of
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Nothing is known of his early life before 1259, when he is mentioned for his participation in the events that led up to the
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Michael VIII sought to counter the threat of a new crusade, led by Charles of Anjou and aiming at the restoration of the
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Although Michael VIII Palaiologos engaged him in a marriage alliance and awarded him with the high title of
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she assumed after his death, Hypomone ("Patience"). This and his later association with the region of
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the Byzantine army. In exchange for this aid, however, John gave his daughter to de la Roche's son,
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the Emperor, the Patriarch, and the Pope as heretics. In response, a synod was convoked at the
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Battle of Pelagonia, where his desertion from the coalition composed by his father, Prince
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woman, John first appears leading Vlach troops alongside his father in the lead-up to the
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under Palaiologos in 1261. John quickly returned to the side of his father and brother,
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to his own death in 1289. From his father's family he is also inaccurately known as
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contemporaries, who mistook it for his title, and referred to him as the "Duke of
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was crucial in the battle, which ended with the crushing defeat of the Epirotes'
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in 1274, at which the Emperor's representatives were forced to recognize
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For many years, modern historians, following the 19th-century scholar
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arrived at Constantinople and forced Michael VIII, his son and heir
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and a daughter of John, who in addition received the high title of
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Andronikos Palaiologos, and others. Instead of confronting the
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Hypomone ("Patience"), John had several children, including:
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churches. The Union of the Churches was concluded at the
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Michael VIII then launched another invasion, led by the
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in marriage, and arranged a marriage between his nephew
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unidentified daughter, betrothed to the future Emperor
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Map of the Greek and Latin states in southern Greece
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Jr. 1064:, pp. 164, 169. 668:Palace of Blachernae 662:, and the Patriarch 638:, with the towns of 592:Emperor of Trebizond 1652:13th-century births 1346:Constantinides 1992 1295:, pp. 369–370. 1184:, pp. 264–275. 1160:, pp. 231–232. 1076:, pp. 163–165. 1028:, pp. 161–163. 1016:, pp. 127–132. 738:Michael Kaballarios 636:William de la Roche 619:Alexios Kaballarios 601:Michael VIII asked 374:Battle of Pelagonia 319:John Doukas was an 240:Battle of Pelagonia 1624:Constantine Doukas 1576:Ferjančić, Božidar 1458:Kazhdan, Alexander 925:, pp. 94, 97. 901:Duchy of Neopatras 813:Constantine Doukas 686:, and one hundred 628:John I de la Roche 498: 1635: 1634: 1621:Succeeded by 1614:Ruler of Thessaly 1609: 1496:978-3-7001-0182-6 751:, his successor, 734:megas konostaulos 559:from Thessaly to 481:Ruler of Thessaly 411:George Pachymeres 399:Manfred of Sicily 351:Byzantine emperor 180: 161: 160: 16:(Redirected from 1704: 1629:Theodore Angelos 1605:Despot of Epirus 1600: 1594:Preceded by 1591: 1590: 1587: 1564: 1543: 1524: 1500: 1477: 1453: 1431: 1402: 1378: 1361: 1355: 1349: 1343: 1337: 1331: 1325: 1319: 1308: 1302: 1296: 1293:Geanakoplos 1959 1290: 1284: 1281:Geanakoplos 1959 1278: 1272: 1266: 1260: 1257:Geanakoplos 1959 1254: 1248: 1247:, pp. 4, 8. 1242: 1236: 1230: 1221: 1218:Geanakoplos 1959 1215: 1209: 1203: 1197: 1194:Geanakoplos 1959 1191: 1185: 1182:Geanakoplos 1959 1179: 1173: 1167: 1161: 1158:Geanakoplos 1959 1155: 1149: 1143: 1134: 1128: 1119: 1113: 1104: 1101:Geanakoplos 1959 1098: 1089: 1083: 1077: 1071: 1065: 1059: 1053: 1047: 1041: 1035: 1029: 1023: 1017: 1014:Geanakoplos 1953 1011: 1005: 999: 988: 985:Geanakoplos 1953 982: 976: 970: 955: 949: 943: 937: 926: 920: 904: 897: 831: 828: 823:Theodore Angelos 749:Sicilian Vespers 727: 580:Council of Lyons 576:Eastern Orthodox 536:Charles of Anjou 511:in the north to 506: 503: 495: 492: 407:John Palaiologos 378:Thessalian Vlach 362: 359: 329:Despot of Epirus 301:Charles of Anjou 256:Byzantine Empire 236:Thessalian Vlach 223: 220: 212: 209: 204:Despot of Epirus 196:illegitimate son 185: 175: 173: 156:Theodora of Arta 73:Despot of Epirus 32: 31: 21: 1712: 1711: 1707: 1706: 1705: 1703: 1702: 1701: 1637: 1636: 1631: 1626: 1617: 1599: 1571: 1569:Further reading 1561: 1497: 1474: 1420:10.2307/1291057 1399: 1369: 1364: 1356: 1352: 1344: 1340: 1332: 1328: 1320: 1311: 1303: 1299: 1291: 1287: 1279: 1275: 1271:, pp. 6–7. 1267: 1263: 1255: 1251: 1243: 1239: 1231: 1224: 1216: 1212: 1208:, pp. 4–5. 1204: 1200: 1192: 1188: 1180: 1176: 1172:, pp. 2–4. 1168: 1164: 1156: 1152: 1144: 1137: 1129: 1122: 1114: 1107: 1099: 1092: 1084: 1080: 1072: 1068: 1060: 1056: 1052:, pp. 5–6. 1048: 1044: 1036: 1032: 1024: 1020: 1012: 1008: 1000: 991: 983: 979: 971: 958: 950: 946: 938: 929: 921: 917: 913: 908: 907: 898: 894: 889: 848:Hugh de Brienne 846:, and secondly 829: 795: 540:Duchy of Athens 513:Mount Parnassus 504: 493: 483: 360: 317: 297:Duchy of Athens 221: 210: 136:Komnenos Doukas 124: 120: 116: 112: 30: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 1710: 1700: 1699: 1694: 1692:Sebastokrators 1689: 1684: 1679: 1674: 1669: 1664: 1659: 1654: 1649: 1633: 1632: 1622: 1619: 1610: 1595: 1589: 1588: 1570: 1567: 1566: 1565: 1559: 1544: 1525: 1501: 1495: 1478: 1472: 1460:, ed. 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M. 1482: 1461: 1440: 1411: 1407: 1387: 1374: 1353: 1341: 1334:Polemis 1968 1329: 1300: 1288: 1276: 1264: 1252: 1240: 1213: 1201: 1189: 1177: 1165: 1153: 1148:, p. 5. 1081: 1069: 1057: 1045: 1033: 1021: 1009: 980: 973:Polemis 1968 952:Polemis 1968 947: 923:Polemis 1968 918: 895: 796: 771: 761: 746: 732: 717: 713:prōtostratōr 711: 708:Manuel Raoul 702: 700: 676:Hagia Sophia 615:Nicholas III 600: 568:Latin Empire 565: 544:Donald Nicol 533: 528: 499: 467:Thessalonica 463: 420: 371: 364: 321:illegitimate 318: 278: 276: 233: 225: 191: 163: 162: 40: 26: 1647:1289 deaths 830: 1300 783:Constantine 505: 1268 494: 1278 397:, and King 361: 1272 305:Constantine 222: 1268 211: 1230 114:Constantine 84:Constantine 65:Predecessor 1641:Categories 1618:1268–1289 1450:1011763434 1414:: 99–141. 1269:Nicol 1962 1245:Nicol 1962 1206:Nicol 1962 1170:Nicol 1962 1146:Nicol 1962 1050:Nicol 1962 911:References 875:of Serbia. 773:katholikon 660:Andronikos 611:Innocent V 551:raid into 439:Nikephoros 260:Nikephoros 146:Michael II 69:Michael II 1540:299868377 1385:(1994) . 1322:Fine 1994 1305:Fine 1994 1233:Fine 1994 1086:Fine 1994 1074:Fine 1994 1062:Fine 1994 1038:Fine 1994 1026:Fine 1994 1002:Fine 1994 764:Karl Hopf 742:Pharsalos 704:pinkernēs 696:Neopatras 640:Zetounion 632:scattered 459:Pharsalos 451:Velestino 447:Demetrias 347:Neopatras 272:Neopatras 194:, was an 188:Latinized 177:romanized 80:Successor 60:1268–1289 49:Ruler of 1578:(1974). 1521:25505111 1515:: 1–16. 1438:(1959). 809:in 1307. 787:Theodore 776:, and a 731:and the 682:, a few 538:and the 455:Halmyros 435:Ioannina 386:Thessaly 336:Komnenos 309:Theodore 268:Thessaly 215:Thessaly 118:Theodore 88:Theodore 51:Thessaly 1428:1291057 1367:Sources 757:malaria 692:Trikala 680:bishops 644:Gardiki 588:Eulogia 423:Vonitsa 339:Angelos 228:Angelos 179::  131:Dynasty 111:Michael 1557:  1538:  1519:  1493:  1470:  1448:  1426:  1395:  825:(died 793:Family 778:fresco 710:, the 684:abbots 650:, and 648:Gravia 561:Apulia 553:Thrace 457:, and 405:under 395:Achaea 363:, was 333:Doukas 327:, the 289:synods 264:Epirus 152:Mother 142:Father 1697:Ypati 1582:[ 1517:JSTOR 1424:JSTOR 887:Notes 688:monks 549:Tatar 343:Latin 291:that 248:Latin 226:John 217:from 192:Ducas 168:Greek 107:Issue 57:Reign 1627:and 1555:ISBN 1536:OCLC 1491:ISBN 1468:ISBN 1446:OCLC 1393:ISBN 785:and 694:and 613:and 574:and 557:silk 521:Anna 431:Arta 413:and 307:and 299:and 266:and 101:1289 98:Died 86:and 71:(as 1603:as 1416:doi 1116:ODB 940:PLP 605:to 393:of 356:in 206:in 198:of 190:as 186:), 1643:: 1513:63 1511:. 1489:. 1422:. 1410:. 1312:^ 1225:^ 1138:^ 1123:^ 1108:^ 1093:^ 992:^ 959:^ 930:^ 850:, 842:, 827:c. 744:. 646:, 642:, 626:, 594:, 531:. 502:c. 491:c. 477:. 453:, 449:, 369:. 358:c. 311:. 231:. 219:c. 208:c. 202:, 174:, 170:: 1563:. 1542:. 1523:. 1499:. 1476:. 1452:. 1430:. 1418:: 1412:7 1401:. 882:. 865:. 854:. 496:. 166:( 75:) 20:)

Index

John I Doukas
Sebastokratōr
Thessaly
Michael II
Despot of Epirus
Constantine
Theodore
Issue
Constantine
Theodore
Helena Komnene
Dynasty
Komnenos Doukas
Michael II
Theodora of Arta
Greek
romanized
Latinized
illegitimate son
Michael II Komnenos Doukas
Despot of Epirus
Thessaly
Angelos
Thessalian Vlach
Battle of Pelagonia
Michael VIII Palaiologos
Latin
Constantinople
Byzantine Empire
Nikephoros

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