Editing Theodore I Laskaris (section)

== Family ==

Theodore's first wife, Anna Komnene Angelina, was the second daughter of Emperor Alexios{{nbsp}}III. Her first husband, ''sebastokrator'' [[Isaac Komnenos Vatatzes]], was a great-grandson of Emperor [[John&nbsp;II Komnenos]].{{sfn|Angelov|2019|pp=19–20}} He died childless in 1196.{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=19, 239 (note 37)}} Theodore and Anna had three daughters and two sons.{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=32}}
*[[Irene Laskarina]] was first given in marriage to the general [[Andronikos Palaiologos (son-in-law of Theodore I)|Andronikos Palaiologos]], who died without fathering children in 1212.{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=33}} Irene was married off to Constantine Doukas Palaiologos in 1216, but he also died childless.{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=33}} Irene's third husband, [[John III Doukas Vatatzes]], succeeded Theodore on the throne.{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=33}}
*[[Maria Laskarina]] became the wife of King [[Béla&nbsp;IV of Hungary]].{{sfn|Angelov|2019|pp=32–33}}{{sfn|Angold|2011|p=52}}
*[[Eudokia Laskarina Angelina|Eudokia Laskarina]]'s hand was offered to the Latin Emperor Robert&nbsp;I early in 1221, but the Orthodox patriarch's opposition prevented the marriage.{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=33}}{{sfn|Angold|2017|p=743}} 
*Nicholas was declared his father's co-emperor in 1208, but he was not mentioned after 1210.{{sfn|Angold|2011|p=71}}{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=32}}
*John also died in childhood before 1213.{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=32}}

Empress Anna died before 1213 and Theodore entered into negotiations about a new marriage with a daughter of [[Leo&nbsp;I, King of Armenia]].{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=32}}{{sfn|Angold|2011|p=51}} Leo{{nbsp}}I sent his niece, [[Philippa of Armenia|Philippa]], to Nicaea, and Theodore married her at Christmas 1214.{{sfn|Angold|2011|p=51}} Historian Michael Angold proposes that Pope Innocent{{nbsp}}III promoted a marriage alliance between Theodore and Leo to secure Theodore's support in his conflict with Emperor Henry during the [[War of the Antiochene Succession]].{{sfn|Angold|2011|p=51}} Theodore repudiated Philippa for an unknown reason and disinherited her son.{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=32}} According to Angold, Theodore was informed only after the marriage that his wife was not Leo's daughter.{{sfn|Angold|2011|p=52}} Her son must have been born in 1214, because he was not yet eight years old when Theodore died.{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=244 (note 117)}} Theodore's third wife, Maria of Courtenay, was the daughter of Yolanda of Flanders and Peter&nbsp;II of Courtenay.{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=32}} Theodore married Maria in the hope of intervening in the administration of the Latin Empire late in 1218 or early in 1219.{{sfn|Angelov|2019|p=32}}{{sfn|Van Tricht|2011|pp=364–365}}