John Doukas (son of Michael II)

John Doukas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Δούκας, Iōannēs Doúkas) was a son of the Despot of Epirus, Michael II Komnenos Doukas, and a general in Byzantine service.

John Doukas
general
Born13th c.
Died13th c.
Noble familyHouse of Angelos
Spouse(s)Tornikina Komnene
IssueHelena
FatherMichael II Komnenos Doukas
MotherTheodora Petraliphaina

John was the second-born son of the Despot of Epirus, Michael II Komnenos Doukas, and Theodora Petraliphaina.[1][2] In 1261 his mother brought him as a hostage to the Byzantine court at Constantinople, where he married Tornikina Komnene (of unknown first name), the second-born daughter of the sebastokrator Constantine Tornikios.[3][4] The couple had at least one daughter, Helena, but the marriage was unhappy, with John apparently despising his wife. As a result, he was imprisoned and blinded in 1280, and committed suicide shortly after.[3][4]

References

  1. PLP, 205. <῎Αγγελος>, ̓Ιωάννης ∆ούκας.
  2. Polemis 1968, pp. 94, 95.
  3. PLP, 205. <Άγγελος>, ̓Ιωάννης ∆ούκας.
  4. Polemis 1968, p. 95.

Sources

  • 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.
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