John III Doukas Vatatzes

John III Doukas Vatatzes, Latinized a matsayin Ducas Vatatzes (Girkanci), shi ne Sarkin sarakuna na Nicaea daga 1221 zuwa 1254. Ɗansa, wanda aka fi sani da Theodore II Doukas Laskaris ya gaje shi.

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John Doukas Vatatzes, an haife shi a shekara ta a Didymoteicho, mai yiwuwa ne ɗan janar Basil Vatatzes ne, wanda aka kashe a yaƙi a shekara ta 1494, da matarsa, dan uwan Sarkin sarakuna Isaac II Angelos da Alexios III Angelos. John Doukas Vatatzes yana da 'yan'uwa maza biyu. Babbar shi ne Isaac Doukas Vatatzes (1188-1261), yayin da ƙanensa ya mutu tun yana ƙarami. Ta hanyar aurensa da Eudokia Angelina ya haifi Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina, wanda daga baya ya auri Michael VIII Palaiologos . Ba a san sunan ɗan'uwan na tsakiya ba, amma 'yarsa ta auri protovestiarios Alexios Raoul.

Soja mai cin nasara daga dangin soja, John ya tashi zuwa matsayin protovestiarites lokacin da Emperor Theodore I Komnenos Laskaris ya zaba shi a shekara ta a matsayin mijin na biyu ga 'yarsa Irene Laskarina, bayan mutuwar mijinta na farko, Andronikos Palaiologos . [1] A matsayin mijin ɗan fari na Laskaris, wanda ba shi da ɗa na kansa, John na iya zama magajin sarauta, kodayake an bar batun maye gurbin a buɗe; Laskaris na iya fatan auren kansa ga Maria ta Courtenay a cikin 1219 zai samar da magajin namiji.[1] A sakamakon haka, lokacin da John III ya zama sarki a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1221, bayan mutuwar Theodore I a watan Nuwamba, dole ne ya murkushe adawa da mulkinsa daga 'yan uwan Laskaris, Alexios da Isaac. 1216[lower-alpha 1][1][1] Gwagwarmayar ta ƙare tare da Yaƙin Poimanenon a cikin 1224, inda aka ci abokan hamayyarsa duk da goyon baya daga Daular Latin ta Constantinople. Nasarar John III ta haifar da izinin yankin da Daular Latin ta yi a cikin 1225, sannan ya biyo bayan mamayar John zuwa Turai, inda ya kama Adrianople.[1]

Theodore Komnenos Doukas na Epirus da Thessalonica sun dakatar da mallakar John III na Adrianople, wanda ya kori sojojin Nicaean daga Adrianople kuma ya mamaye yawancin Thrace a cikin 1227. Kashe Theodore da Ivan Asen II na Bulgaria ya yi a cikin 1230 ya kawo karshen haɗarin da Epirus ya kawo, kuma John III ya yi kawance da Bulgaria a kan Daular Latin.

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A cikin 1235 wannan haɗin gwiwa ya haifar da maido da shugabanci Bulgarian da auren tsakanin Elena ta Bulgaria da Theodore II, 'yar Ivan Asen II da ɗan John III. A wannan shekarar, Bulgarians da Nicaeans sun yi yaƙi da Daular Latin, kuma a cikin 1236 sun yi ƙoƙari su kewaye Constantinople. Daga baya, Ivan Asen II ya ɗauki manufofi masu rikitarwa, yadda ya kamata ya zama tsaka-tsaki kuma ya bar John III ga nasa kayan aiki.