Eudokia Laskarina Angelina
Eudokia Laskarina Angelina (Greek: Ευδοκία Λασκαρίνα Αγγελίνα, born between 1210 and 1212, died after 1247) was a Byzantine princess. She was a younger daughter of Emperor Theodore I Laskaris of Nicaea, and Anna Komnene Angelina.
| Eudokia Laskarina | |
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Eudokia Laskarina Angelina painted by Ladislaus Sunthaym between 1489 and 1492 | |
| Born | 1210-1212 |
| Died | after 1247 |
| Spouse | Frederick II, Duke of Austria Anseau de Cayeux |
| House | Laskaris |
| Father | Theodore I Laskaris |
| Mother | Anna Komnene Angelina |
She was engaged to Robert I, Latin Emperor (1221), but the marriage was blocked by the Patriarch of Constantinople. She married firstly and divorced Frederick II, Duke of Austria, secondly (before 1230) Anseau de Cayeux, later regent of the Latin Empire (1237-1238).
In 1247, her husband Anseau de Cayeux assigned to her custody over the city of Tzurulon in hope that it will not be attacked by John III Doukas Vatatzes, who was married to Eudokia′s sister Irene Laskarina.
Her name was Eudokia, but in one western source, related to her Austrian marriage, she is mentioned as Sophia.