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 | | The future Michael VIII married a Dukas Batatzes, a kinswoman of the Batatzes Lascaris family, in order to solidify his position in the Nicean Empire. |
 | | Michael VIII's sister, Andronicus and Theodora's daughter Irene Palaeologina, was the mother of Maria Cantacuzenus, who married Constantine Tikh and Ivailo of Bulgaria in turn. |
 | | Michael VIII was the father of Constantine, who in turn fathered John, who became the father-in-law of Stefan Decansky of Serbia. |
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