Family
Theodora was a daughter of Ioannes Doukas Vatatzes (born 1215) and wife Eudokia Angelina. The names of her parents were recorded by George Acropolites. NB: Link to John III Doukas Vatatzes is incorrect. John III would appear to be the uncle of this Ioannes.
Her paternal grandparents were sebastokrator Isaac Doukas Vatatzes (died 1261) and his unnamed wife. Isaac was an older brother of John III Doukas Vatatzes who reigned in the Empire of Nicaea from 1221 to 1254.
Her maternal grandparents were protostrator John Komnenos Angelos and his unnamed wife. His name indicates him being a member of the Angelos family. However his exact relations to the reigning members of the family are not known.
John III and Isaac were probably sons of domestikos Basil Vatatzes, killed in battle against forces of Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria in 1193. Their mother was an unnamed cousin of the Emperors Isaac II Angelos and Alexios III Angelos.
Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten (1978) by Detlev Schwennicke suggests the wife of Basil to be a daughter of Isaac Angelos, strategos of Cilicia in 1170.
The elder Isaac is given by the same book as a son of Constantine Angelos, Admiral of Sicily (c. 1085 – aft. July 1166) and his wife Theodora Komnene. Theodora was the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina.
Read more about this topic: Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina
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