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Eudokia Laskarina Angelina

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Sophia Eudokia Laskarina painted by Ladislaus Sunthaym between 1489 and 1492

Sophia Eudokia Laskarina (born between 1210 and 1212, died between 1247 and 1253) was a Byzantine princess.

She was a daughter of Theodore I Laskaris, Emperor of Nicaea, and Anna Komnene Angelina.

She was originally called Eudokia and renamed Sophia. She was engaged to Robert I, Latin Emperor, 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, Governor of Asia Minor.

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