Constantine Doukas ( gr, Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας, Kōnstantinos Doukas), Latinized as Ducas, was ruler of

Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thes ...

from to his death in 1303.

Life

Constantine Doukas was the second son of

John I Doukas John I Doukas ( gr, Ἰωάννης Δούκας, Iōánnēs Doúkas), Latinized as Ducas, was an illegitimate son of Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus in –1268. After his father's death, he became ruler of Thessaly from to his own ...

by his wife, who is only known by her

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Hypomone ("Patience"). He succeeded his father sometime in or before 1289 as ruler of Thessaly until his death in 1303. From on he bore the title of ''

sebastokrator ''Sebastokrator'' ( grc-byz, Σεβαστοκράτωρ, Sevastokrátor, August Ruler, ; bg, севастократор, sevastokrator; sh, sebastokrator), was a senior court title in the late Byzantine Empire. It was also used by other rulers wh ...

''. At the beginning of his reign, as he was underage, he stood under the regency of

Anna Palaiologina Kantakouzene Anna Palaiologina Kantakouzene ( el, Άννα Καντακουζηνή) (died after 1313) was the niece of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, second wife of Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas of Despotate of Epirus, Epirus and regent of Epiru ...

. His younger brother

Theodore Angelos Theodore Angelos ( gr, Θεόδωρος Ἄγγελος, Theodōros Angelos) was co-ruler of Thessaly from to his death in . Theodore was the third son of John I Doukas, ruler of Thessaly by his wife, who is only known by her monastic name Hypomo ...

was his co-ruler until his own death in ca. 1299. Early in his reign, Constantine's mother entered into negotiations with the

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and, in exchange for recognizing nominal Byzantine

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, Constantine was invested with the title of ''sebastokratōr''. Constantine continued his father's war against

Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Latinized as Nicephorus I Comnenus Ducas ( el, Νικηφόρος Κομνηνός Δούκας, Nikēphoros Komnēnos Doukas; – ) was ruler of Epirus from 1267/8 to his death in 1296/98. Life Born around 1240 ...

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and his

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allies. The campaign of 1295 resulted in Thessalian occupation of the fortresses that Nikephoros had designated as the

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of his daughter

Thamar Angelina Komnene Thamar Angelina Komnene ( gr, Θαμάρ Αγγελίνα Κομνηνή; died ) was a princess consort of Taranto by marriage to Prince Philip I. Life Thamar was the daughter of Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas of the Despotate of Epirus and his seco ...

when she married

Philip I of Taranto Philip I of Taranto (10 November 1278 – 26 December 1331), of the Angevin house, was titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople (as Philip II) by right of his wife Catherine of Valois–Courtenay, Despot of Romania, King of Albania, Prince of Acha ...

, son of King

Charles II of Naples Charles II, also known as Charles the Lame (french: Charles le Boiteux; it, Carlo lo Zoppo; 1254 – 5 May 1309), was King of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1285–1309), Prince of Achaea (1285–1289), and Count of Anjou and Maine ( ...

and Maria of Hungary. Most of these conquests were lost to the Angevins in 1296, when a truce was signed. Further fighting followed in 1301, and Angelokastron in

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had to be returned to Philip of Taranto. Virtually nothing else is known about the reign of Constantine, who died in 1303.

Family

His wife is unknown;

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reported that she was called Anna Evagionissa, and that she outlived Constantine, dying in 1317. The couple had at least one child,

John II Doukas John II Doukas, also Angelos Doukas ( Latinized as Angelus Ducas) ( gr, Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος Δούκας, Iōannēs Angelos Doukas), was ruler of Thessaly from 1303 to his death in 1318. John II Angelos Doukas was the son of Constanti ...

, who succeeded as ruler of Thessaly.

References

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Constantine Constantine most often refers to: * Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I *Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria Constantine may also refer to: People * Constantine (name), a masculine given name ...

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