John Doukas (son of Michael II)

John Doukas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Δούκας, Iōannēs Doúkas) was a son of the Despot of Epirus, Michael II Komnenos Doukas, and a general in Byzantine service.

John Doukas
general
Born	13th c.
Died	13th c.
Noble family	House of Angelos
Spouse(s)	Tornikina Komnene
Issue Helena
Father	Michael II Komnenos Doukas
Mother	Theodora Petraliphaina

John was the second-born son of the Despot of Epirus, Michael II Komnenos Doukas, and Theodora Petraliphaina.[1][2] In 1261 his mother brought him as a hostage to the Byzantine court at Constantinople, where he married Tornikina Komnene (of unknown first name), the second-born daughter of the sebastokrator Constantine Tornikios.[3][4] The couple had at least one daughter, Helena, but the marriage was unhappy, with John apparently despising his wife. As a result, he was imprisoned and blinded in 1280, and committed suicide shortly after.[3][4]

References

1. PLP, 205. <῎Αγγελος>, ̓Ιωάννης ∆ούκας.
2. Polemis 1968, pp. 94, 95.
3. PLP, 205. <Άγγελος>, ̓Ιωάννης ∆ούκας.
4. Polemis 1968, p. 95.

Sources

• Polemis, Demetrios I. (1968). The Doukai: A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography. London: The Athlone Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Trapp, Erich; Beyer, Hans-Veit (2001). Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit (in German). I, 1–12, Add. 1–2, CD-ROM Version. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 978-3-7001-3003-1. Missing or empty |title= (help)