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Theodore Komnenos Doukas

1180 - 1253

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Theodore Komnenos Doukas (Greek: Θεόδωρος Κομνηνὸς Δούκας, Theodōros Komnēnos Doukas; Latinized as Theodore Comnenus Ducas; died c. 1253) or Theodore Angelos Komnenos was the ruler of Epirus and Thessaly from 1215 to 1230 and of Thessalonica and most of Macedonia and western Thrace from 1224 to 1230. He was also the power behind the rule of his sons John and Demetrios over Thessalonica in 1237–1246. Theodore was the scion of a distinguished Byzantine aristocratic family related to the imperial Komnenos, Doukas, and Angelos dynasties. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodore Komnenos Doukas is the 4,519th most popular politician (down from 4,314th in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Greece (down from 269th in 2019) and the 110th most popular Greek Politician.

Theodore Komnenos Doukas was a Byzantine general and the founder of the Empire of Thessalonica, which he ruled from 1224 to 1230. He is most famous for his victory over the Latin Emperor Baldwin I at the Battle of Adrianople in 1205.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Theodore Komnenos Doukas ranks 4,519 out of 19,576Before him are Kenneth Kaunda, Carolina Herrera, Ariovistus, Catherine I, Latin Empress, Pim Fortuyn, and Mike DeWine. After him are Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Zuzana Čaputová, Robert I, Count of Flanders, Juan Negrín, Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, and Emperor Ninken.

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Among people born in 1180, Theodore Komnenos Doukas ranks 4Before him are Eric X of Sweden, Berengaria of Castile, and Gottfried von Strassburg. After him are Emperor Go-Toba, Constance of Hungary, Peter Nolasco, Mstislav Mstislavich, Neidhart von Reuental, Otto I, Duke of Merania, Caesarius of Heisterbach, and Alfonso II, Count of Provence. Among people deceased in 1253, Theodore Komnenos Doukas ranks 7Before him are Clare of Assisi, Dōgen, Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, Theobald I of Navarre, Violant of Hungary, and Otto II, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Robert Grosseteste, Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Henry I of Cyprus, Vykintas, Agnes of Assisi, and Boniface II, Marquis of Montferrat.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Theodore Komnenos Doukas ranks 270 out of 1,024Before him are Conon of Samos (-280), Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), Jean Moréas (1856), and Pausanias of Sparta (null). After him are Phaedo of Elis (-401), Alexandros Papagos (1883), Philopoemen (-253), Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), Anaxandridas II (-565), and Arsinoe I (-305).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Theodore Komnenos Doukas ranks 110Before him are Archidamus II (-450), Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903), Antiochus X Eusebes (-200), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), and Pausanias of Sparta (null). After him are Alexandros Papagos (1883), Philopoemen (-253), Anaxandridas II (-565), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Callias II (-515), and Perdiccas I of Macedon (-700).