Constantine Laskaris

Constantine Laskaris
Κωνσταντίνος Λάσκαρις
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Emperor of Nicaea (?)
Claimant Byzantine Emperor
Reign1204–1205
PredecessorAlexios V Doukas (Byzantine Emperor)
SuccessorTheodore I Laskaris
Born1170
Constantinople
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died1205
HouseLaskaris
FatherManuel Laskaris
MotherIoanna Karatzaina

Constantine Laskaris (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Λάσκαρις) may have been Byzantine Emperor for a few months from 1204 to early 1205. He is sometimes called "Constantine XI", a numeral now usually reserved for Constantine Palaiologos.