germanaustriannoblesandroyals:Byzantine Imperial Family & House of Babenberg:Princess Eudokia La
germanaustriannoblesandroyals:Byzantine Imperial Family & House of Babenberg:Princess Eudokia Laskarina of NicaeaEudokia was born to Emperor Theodora I Laskaris of Nicaea and his wife Anna Komnene Angelina. Eudokia is sometimes also called Sophia. Her siblings were Nicholas and John Laskaris as well as Empress Irene Laskarina of Nicaea and Queen Maria of Hungary. Eudokia’s mother Anna Kommene Angelina was a first cousin to German Queen Irene and a relative of unknown degree to Duchess Theodora Angela of Austria.Her childhood was a turbulent one as her father tried to secure control over the newly established Nicaea. When he died in 1222, her brother-in-law became the new emperor. But her uncles fought his claim and kidnapped Eudokia. She was brought to Constantinople where her uncles wanted to marry her Latin Emperor Robert I who had promised his support to them in the fight for the Nicaean throne. But the Patriach Manuel of Nicaea denied this marriage due to their close kinship. Technically they weren’t related by blood but Robert’s sister had been the third wife of Eudokia’s father. Eudokia remained in Constantinople.In 1229, Eudokia’s life changed again when she married Hereditary Duke Frederick II of Austria & Styria. Frederick himself had a Byzantine mother and great-grandmother, Theodora Angela. Furthermore, Frederick’s father wanted to protect the border to Hungary of which Eudokia’s sister was the queen, making the Hungarian King and his son and heir brothers-in-law. But the marriage between Frederick and Eudokia did not last long. He married Agnes of Merania the same year. What happened to Eudokia afterwards is unknown. She only reappears when she marries Anseau de Cayeux, the regent of the Latin Empire. But when exactly this marriage was contracted is widely debated. The earliest date is just a year after her divorce, the latest 1239. Eudokia died some time during 1247 and 1253. Her place of burial or cause of death are unknown.// Öyku Karayel in Magnificent Century: Kösem (2015-17) -- source link
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