Theodore Komnenos Doukas

Birth date between 1180-1185. Theodore Komnenos Doukas was ruler of Epirus and Thessaly from 1215 to 1230 and of Thessalonica and most of Macedonia and western Thrace from 1224 to 1230. He was the self-proclaimed Emperor of Thessalonica. He was also the power behind the rule of his sons John and Demetrios over Thessalonica in 1237–1246. He was a member of the Komnenos Doukas Dynasty, a cadet branch of the Angelos Family. Theodore and Maria Petraliphaina had four children : Anna Angelina Komnene Doukaina, who married King Stefan Radoslav of Serbia John Komnenos Doukas, who became Emperor of Thessalonica in 1237 Irene Komnene Doukaina, who married John Asen II Demetrios Angelos Doukas, who succeeded as ruler of Thessalonica in 1244. C.Smith