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John IV Lascaris was only a boy of 8 years when he was elevated as emperor of the Nicaean Empire in 1258 on the death of his father Theodore II Lascaris.
He was the last of the Lascaris emperors that had done much to restore the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204.
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  John IV Lascaris
John IV Lascaris was only a boy of 8 years when he was elevated as emperor of the Nicaean Empire[?] in 1258 on the death of his father Theodore II Lascaris.
He was the last of the Lascaris emperors that had done much to restore the Byzantine Empire after the disaster of 1204.
Upon Michael's conquest of Constantinople in 1261, John was ordered blinded, thus making him ineligible to serve as emperor, then imprisoned in a castle on the Sea of Mamora[?].
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 John IV - Encyclopedia.com
It is possible that John escaped from his fortress and went (c.1273) to the court of Charles of Anjou.
The Letterbook of John Custis IV of Williamsburg, 1717-1742
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 The Byzantine Empire II 1204 - 1268: The Nicean Empire - All Empires
Under John Vatatze, the seat of government was moved from Nicea to Nymphaeum, although the Nicea was to remain as the actual capital where the imperial coronations took place.
Theodore's seven-year-old son, John Lascaris was to become the next Emperor, with George Muzalon appointed as the regent (substitutes the Emperor's position when the Emperor is too young to rule).
Although the young John Lascaris was to remain on the throne as co-emperor, the de facto leader was clearly Michael.
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 Constantinople
Alexius IV was strangled and Isaac II is said to have died of grief at the news of the murder of his son.
John V was restored to the throne on condition that he should recognize Andronicus IV as his rightful heir.
John's contribution to the defence of Europe was a treaty with the western ecclesiastical council of Ferrara (1439) for the union of the Greek and Latin churches which he was quite unable to impose on his own subjects.
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 The Palaeologos Doom - NEW BYZANTIUM
Andronicus II Paleologos (1260 – February 13, 1332), Byzantine emperor, was the elder son of Michael VIII Palaeologos [usurper of the throne from John IV Lacsaris], whom he succeeded in 1282.
It was under the authentic reign of John IV Lascaris that Constantinople was recovered.
That limit is the Western Hemisphere as a whole, and in particular the coast of California near San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge where the two groups converged as they approached from the North and from the South.
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 1652
In August 1261 Michael VIII was crowned as emperor in Constantinople; the boy heir to the throne of Nicaea, John IV Lascaris, was blinded and imprisoned.
John Cantacuzenus was never popular as an emperor, and feeling against him came to a head when some of his Ottoman mercenaries took the occasion of the destruction of Gallipoli by earthquake to occupy and fortify the city in March 1354.
John, who had already traveled to Venice and Hungary in search of help, was prepared to reopen negotiations for the union of the churches as a means of stirring the conscience of Western Christendom.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Byzantine Empire
His son, Constantine IV was very young at the time of his accession; still he was not only able to assert his authority in the face of an unruly army, but soon like his father and great grandfather, proved himself a brave warrior and displayed consummate generalship against the Arabs, the Slavs, and the Bulgarians.
At the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680-81) orthodoxy was reestablished by the Emperor Constantine IV.
Thus the danger was temporarily averted, and the Emperor John Vatatzes was wise enough to gain the favour of the Bulgarian powers by prudent deference to their wishes, as, for instance, by recognizing the Archbishop of Tirnovo as autocephalous patriarch.
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 The Byzantine Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In general, John sought to provide a simplified and economical administrative structure in which overlapping jurisdictions were abolished, civil and military functions were sometimes combined in violation of Constantinian principles, and a reduced number of officials were provided with greater salaries to secure better personnel and to end the lure of bribery.
John Tzimisces relented to the extent of arranging for one of his own relatives to marry Otto II in 972, though the arrangement implied no recognition of a Western claim to the empire.
The university was endowed with a new charter by Constantine IX in 1045, partly to ensure a steady flow of educated civil servants for the bureaucracy.
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 Lascaris — FactMonster.com
John IV, who was forced (1259) to share his throne with Michael VIII, founder of the Palaeologus dynasty.
Theodore II, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea - Theodore II (Theodore Lascaris), 1222–58, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1254–58), son...
John IV, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea - John IV (John Lascaris), b.
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 AllRefer.com - Lascaris (Ancient History, Late Roman And Byzantine, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Theodore I was succeeded (1222) by his son-in-law, John III (John Ducas Vatatzes).
John's son Theodore II (1254–58) assumed the family name Lascaris.
He was succeeded by his son John IV, who was forced (1259) to share his throne with Michael VIII, founder of the Palaeologus dynasty.
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 Byzantines
Constantine IV the Bearded (Κωνσταντίνος Δ' ο Πωγώνατος) (649 - 685, ruled 668 - 685) – son of Constans II Justinian II the Slit-nosed (Ιουστινιανός Β' ο Ρινότμητος) (668 - 711, ruled 685 - 695) – son of Constantine IV; mutilated, deposed, and exiled
John IV Lascaris (Ιωάννης Δ' Λάσκαρης) (1250 - 1305, ruled 1258 - 1261) –; son of Theodore II, deposed, blinded and imprisoned by Michael VIII
John VII Palaeologus (Ιωάννης Ζ' Παλαιολόγος) (1370 - 1408, ruled 1390) – son of Andronicus IV John V Palaeologus (ruled 1390 - 1391) – restored
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 Crusaders, Greeks, and Muslims by Sanderson Beck
In 1225 John's daughter Yolanda (Isabel) married Emperor Friedrich and was crowned Queen of Jerusalem by Patriarch Ralph at Tyre.
John Vatatzes fell in love with an Italian marchioness, a maid of honor to his queen, and did not give her up until after Blemmydes was acquitted of treason after insulting her in church.
John Vatatzes was succeeded as emperor of Nicaea by his son Theodore II Lascaris (r.
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 Byzantine Emperor List
Macedonian Dynasty (actually named co-emperor in 960 but empire was ruled by regent until 976)
Comnenid and Angelid Dynasties (Deposed in the 4th crusade in 1203 and replaced by Isaac II and Alexius IV but maintained limited 'provincial' control outside of Constantinople.)
Lascarid Dynasty (exiled in Nicaea after the 4th Crusade)
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 Wikinfo | List of Byzantine Emperors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
John III Ducas Vatatzes, (1192-1254, ruled 1222 - 1254)
John VI Cantacuzenus, (1295-1383, co-emperor 1347 - 1354)
John VII Palaeologus, (rival emperor 1399 - 1402)
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 Theodore II Lascaris
Theodore II (Lascaris) was Byzantine emperor from 1254 to 1258.
He is chiefly known for two brilliant campaigns by which he recovered Thrace from the Bulgarians (1255-56).
His ill-health and early death prevented his making full use of his ability as a ruler.
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 List of Byzantine Emperors - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Constantine IV (649-685, ruled 668 - 685) – son of Constans II Justinian II Rhinotmetus (the Slit-nosed) (668-711, ruled 685 - 695) – son of Constantine IV Non-dynastic
John IV Lascaris (1250-1305, ruled 1258 - 1261) – son of Theodore II Palaeologan Dynasty (restored at Constantinople)">
John VI Cantacuzenus (1295-1383, co-emperor 1347 - 1354) – father-in-law of John V
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 Michael VIII Palaeologus - Phantis
A few days after the death of Theodore II Lascaris in 1259, Michael, by the assassination of Muzalon (which he is believed but not proved to have encouraged) became joint guardian with the patriarch Arsenius of the young emperor, John IV Lascaris, then a lad of eight years.
After rendering John Lascaris ineligible for the throne, Michael quickly married off John's sisters to foreigners, so their descendants could not threaten his own children's claim to the Imperial title.
In 1253, Michael VIII married Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina, a grandniece of John III Ducas Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea.
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 chronological 1250 - 1299
November 03: Death of John III Ducas Vatatzes, Byzantine emperor (Empire of Nicaea).
He is succeeded by John IV Lascaris, just eight years old.
To solidify his own position he has John IV Lascaris, last of the Lascaris line and his co-emperor, blinded and thus rendered ineligible to become emperor.
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 Britannicaindia.com: Britannica Browse
Duque (8th duke) De Braganca, byname John The Fortunate, Portuguese Joao O Afortunado king of Portugal from 1640 as a...
Armenian Hovhannes Iv Otznetzi Armenian Orthodox catholicos (supreme head of the Armenian Church), a learned theologian and jurist who strove for greater ecclesiastical autonomy for...
patriarch of Constantinople (as John III), theologian, and ecclesiastical jurist whose systematic classification of the numerous Byzantine legal codes served as the basis for Greek...
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 Emperors
John VII John VIII Jovian Julian Justin I Justin II Justinian I
1204-1222 Theodore I Lascaris 1222-1254 John III Ducas Vatatzes 1254-1258 Theodore II Lascaris Political Development : 1250: Defeat by Louis IX of France at Damietta in Egypt.
1347-1354 John VI Cantacuzenus Political Development : Byzantium between the rising Ottoman state and the national states in the Balkans (Serbia, Bulgaria) and Hungary.
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 John
John is the English form of a Hebrew name, Yohanan, Johanan, or Yochanan.
In the Anglo-Saxon period of English history, John was a rare, religious name.
Also called Earl of Richmond, John of Montfort (French: Jean de Montfort), John the Conqueror (Jean le Conquérant), or John the Valiant (Jean le Vaillant).
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 Western Civilization to 1700
John IV Lascaris 1258-1261 – Latin Empire overthrown.
Eleven of the twelve disciples that followed Jesus were martyred as they took Christ's message throughout the Roman Empire, the Middle East, and into Sudan and Ethiopia.
The only exception was St. John the Apostle, who lived to be one hundred years old, an unheard of life span in that age.
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 Amazon.com: "John Ili": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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 Pagina nueva 1
641-668 Constans II 668-685 Constantine IV 685-695 Justinian II 695-698 Leontius
775-780 Leo IV 780-797 Constantine VI 797-802 Irene
1203-1204 Isaac II with Alexius IV 1204 Alexius V Ducas Murtzuphlus
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 A CHRONOLOGY OF THE COMMON ERA
Parthenius IV Gerasimus II Parthenius IV Dionysus IV Muselimes
Callinicus IV Jeremias IV Cyril VI Gregory V
Anthimus IV Germanus IV Anthimus VI Cyril VII
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 Tur & Tour Travel Agency in Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Byzantine Empire, however, had left its mark on the culture, never to be entirely erased even after the Conquest.
641–668 Constans II 668–685 Constantine IV 685–695 Justinian II 695–698 Leontius II 698–705 Tiberius III, Apsimar
775–780 Leo IV 780–797 Constantine VI 797–802 Irene
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 BYZANTIUM: Byzantine Emperors: Dates
Leo IV Constantine VI (blinded/murded by his mother, Irene)
Alexius II Isaac II (restored) with Alexius IV Alexius V Ducas Murtzuphlus
1341-1354 John VI Andronicus IV John V (restored)
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