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'''Constantine Doukas''' (or '''Ducas''') ({{lang-el|Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας, ''Kōnstantinos Doukas''}}) was ruler of [[Medieval Thessaly|Thessaly]] from 1289 to his death in 1303.
{{Infobox monarch
| name = Constantine Doukas
| title = [[Sebastokrator]]
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| succession = Ruler of [[History of Thessaly#Thessaly as an autonomous principality|Thessaly]] or [[Great Vlachia#History of Great Vlachia|Great Vlachia]]
| reign = {{circa|1289}}–1303
| full name =
| predecessor = [[John I Doukas]]
| successor = [[John II Doukas]]
| dynasty = [[Komnenodoukai]]
| father = [[John I Doukas]]
| mother = Hypomone
| issue = [[John II Doukas]]
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| death_date = 1303
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'''Constantine Doukas''' ({{lang-gr|Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας|Kōnstantinos Doukas}}), [[Latinisation of names|Latinized]] as '''Ducas''', was ruler of [[Medieval Thessaly|Thessaly]] from {{circa|1289}} to his death in 1303.


==Life==
==Life==
Constantine Doukas was the second son of [[John I Doukas]] of [[Medieval Thessaly|Thessaly]] by his wife, whose monastic name was Hypomone ("Patience"). He succeeded to his father's lands because his older brother [[Michael Komnenos]] had been abducted and imprisoned in [[Constantinople]]. After succeeding his father in or shortly before 1289, Constantine ruled Thessaly and Central [[Greece]] from [[Neopatras]]. He was assisted by his younger brother [[Theodore Angelos]], who died c. 1300.
Constantine Doukas was the second son of [[John I Doukas]] of [[Medieval Thessaly|Thessaly]] by his wife, who is only known by her [[monastic name]] Hypomone ("Patience").{{sfn|Polemis|1968|pp=97, 98}}{{sfn|PLP|loc=212. <῎Αγγελος>, Κωνσταντῖνος ∆ούκας}} He succeeded his father sometime in or before 1289 as ruler of Thessaly until his death in 1303. From {{circa|1295}} on he bore the title of ''[[sebastokrator]]''.{{sfn|PLP|loc=212. <῎Αγγελος>, Κωνσταντῖνος ∆ούκας}}{{sfn|Polemis|1968|p=98}} At the beginning of his reign, as he was underage, he stood under the regency of [[Anna Palaiologina Kantakouzene]].{{sfn|PLP|loc=212. <῎Αγγελος>, Κωνσταντῖνος ∆ούκας}} His younger brother [[Theodore Angelos]] was his co-ruler until his own death in ca. 1299.{{sfn|PLP|loc=212. <῎Αγγελος>, Κωνσταντῖνος ∆ούκας; 195. ῎Αγγελος Θεόδωρος}}


Early in his reign, Constantine's mother entered into negotiations with the [[Byzantine Empire]] and, in exchange for recognizing nominal Byzantine [[suzerainty]], Constantine was invested with the court title of ''[[sebastokrator|sebastokratōr]]''. Constantine continued his father's war against [[Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas]] of [[Despotate of Epirus|Epirus]] and his [[Capetian House of Anjou|Angevin]] allies. The campaign of 1295 resulted in Thessalian occupation of the fortresses that Nikephoros had designated as the [[dowry]] of his daughter [[Thamar Angelina Komnene]] when she married [[Philip I of Taranto]], son of King [[Charles II of Naples]] and [[Maria Arpad of Hungary|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 [[Angelokastro (Corfu)|Angelokastron]] in [[Corfu]] had to be returned to Philip of Taranto. Virtually nothing else is known about the reign of Constantine, who died in 1303.
Early in his reign, Constantine's mother entered into negotiations with the [[Byzantine Empire]] and, in exchange for recognizing nominal Byzantine [[suzerainty]], Constantine was invested with the title of ''sebastokratōr''. Constantine continued his father's war against [[Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas]] of [[Despotate of Epirus|Epirus]] and his [[Capetian House of Anjou|Angevin]] allies. The campaign of 1295 resulted in Thessalian occupation of the fortresses that Nikephoros had designated as the [[dowry]] of his daughter [[Thamar Angelina Komnene]] when she married [[Philip I of Taranto]], son of King [[Charles II of Naples]] and [[Maria Arpad of Hungary|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 [[Angelokastro, Aetolia-Acarnania|Angelokastron]] in [[Aetolia-Acarnania]] had to be returned to Philip of Taranto. Virtually nothing else is known about the reign of Constantine, who died in 1303.


==Family==
==Family==
His wife is unknown; [[Karl Hopf (historian)|Karl Hopf]] reported that she was called Anna Evagionissa, and that she outlived Constantine, dying in 1317.{{sfn|Polemis|1968|p=98}} The couple had at least one child, [[John II Doukas]], who succeeded as ruler of Thessaly.{{sfn|Polemis|1968|p=98}}
By his wife, Anna Euagionissa, Constantine Doukas had at least one son:
* [[John II Doukas]], who succeeded as ruler of Thessaly.

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before=[[John I Doukas of Thessaly|John I]] |
title=[[Medieval Thessaly|Ruler of Thessaly]] |
years=1289&ndash;1303 |
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after=[[John II Doukas of Thessaly|John II]]
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
*John V.A. Fine Jr., ''The Late Medieval Balkans'', Ann Arbor, 1987.

*Nicholas Cheetham, ''Mediaeval Greece'', Yale University Press, 1981.
==Sources==
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*D.I. Polemis, ''The Doukai'', London, 1968.
* {{cite book | last = Ferjančić | first = Božidar | author-link = Božidar Ferjančić | title = Тесалија у XIII и XIV веку |trans-title=Thessaly in the 13th and 14th Centuries | language = Serbian | location = Belgrade | year = 1974 | publisher = Византолошког институт САНУ }}
* {{The Late Medieval Balkans}}
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* {{Polemis-The Doukai}}
* {{Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit}}

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Latest revision as of 18:59, 12 December 2023

For other people with the same name, see Constantine Doukas (disambiguation).
Constantine Doukas
Sebastokrator
Ruler of Thessaly or Great Vlachia
Reignc. 1289–1303
PredecessorJohn I Doukas
SuccessorJohn II Doukas
Died1303
IssueJohn II Doukas
DynastyKomnenodoukai
FatherJohn I Doukas
MotherHypomone

Constantine Doukas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας, romanized: Kōnstantinos Doukas), Latinized as Ducas, was ruler of Thessaly from c. 1289 to his death in 1303.

Life

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Constantine Doukas was the second son of John I Doukas of Thessaly by his wife, who is only known by her monastic name Hypomone ("Patience").[1][2] He succeeded his father sometime in or before 1289 as ruler of Thessaly until his death in 1303. From c. 1295 on he bore the title of sebastokrator.[2][3] At the beginning of his reign, as he was underage, he stood under the regency of Anna Palaiologina Kantakouzene.[2] His younger brother Theodore Angelos was his co-ruler until his own death in ca. 1299.[4]

Early in his reign, Constantine's mother entered into negotiations with the Byzantine Empire and, in exchange for recognizing nominal Byzantine suzerainty, Constantine was invested with the title of sebastokratōr. Constantine continued his father's war against Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas of Epirus and his Angevin allies. The campaign of 1295 resulted in Thessalian occupation of the fortresses that Nikephoros had designated as the dowry of his daughter Thamar Angelina Komnene when she married Philip I of Taranto, son of King Charles II of Naples 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 Aetolia-Acarnania had to be returned to Philip of Taranto. Virtually nothing else is known about the reign of Constantine, who died in 1303.

Family

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His wife is unknown; Karl Hopf reported that she was called Anna Evagionissa, and that she outlived Constantine, dying in 1317.[3] The couple had at least one child, John II Doukas, who succeeded as ruler of Thessaly.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Polemis 1968, pp. 97, 98.
  2. ^ a b c PLP, 212. <῎Αγγελος>, Κωνσταντῖνος ∆ούκας.
  3. ^ a b c Polemis 1968, p. 98.
  4. ^ PLP, 212. <῎Αγγελος>, Κωνσταντῖνος ∆ούκας; 195. ῎Αγγελος Θεόδωρος.

Sources

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  • Ferjančić, Božidar (1974). Тесалија у XIII и XIV веку [Thessaly in the 13th and 14th Centuries] (in Serbian). Belgrade: Византолошког институт САНУ.
  • Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08260-4.
  • 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.
Preceded by Ruler of Thessaly
c. 1289–1303
With: Theodore Angelos (until 1299) 		Succeeded by
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