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Theodore II Laskaris (1221/1222 – 16 August 1258) ruled the Empire of Nicaea from 1254 to 1258. Nicaea was a successor state to the Byzantine Empire, after crusaders captured the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade. Theodore began to write treatises on theological, historical and philosophical themes in his youth. From around 1242, he was co-ruler with his father and his relationship with some prominent aristocrats grew tense. Succeeding his father in 1254 Theodore dismissed many aristocratic officials and generals, replacing them with loyalists, including some of low birth. In 1256, he repelled a Bulgarian invasion of Thrace and Macedonia and forced Epirus to cede Dyrrachium on the Adriatic Sea. Epirus forged an alliance with Serbia and Sicily against Nicaea, and its new generals could not resist their joint invasion in 1257. Theodore died in 1258, leaving an underage son, John IV. Michael Palaiologos seized the regency, and usurped the throne soon after.

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Hi and anyone else interested: a draft TFA blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:56, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * sorry for having failed to thank you for this excellent blurb. Last year I had to concentrate on many aspects of real life, so I was sometimes scatterbrained. Borsoka (talk) 02:11, 14 January 2024 (UTC)