Family
By his marriage to Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera Alexios had three daughters:
- Eirene Angelina, who married (1) Andronikos Kontostephanos, and (2) Alexios Palaiologos, by whom she was the grandmother of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
- Anna Angelina, who married (1) the sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos, great-nephew of emperor Manuel I Komnenos, and (2) Theodore Laskaris, emperor of Nicaea.
- Eudokia Angelina, who married (1) King Stefan I Prvovenčani of Serbia, then (2) Emperor Alexios V Doukas, and (3) Leo Sgouros, ruler of Corinth.
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