Constantine Laskaris

Constantine Laskaris
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Seal of Constantine Laskaris from an early stage in his career, at some point before 1203
Emperor of Nicaea (?)
Claimant Byzantine Emperor
Reign1204–1205
PredecessorAlexios V Doukas (Byzantine Emperor)
SuccessorTheodore I Komnenos Laskaris
Born1170 (1170)
Constantinople
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died1205 (aged 34–35)
HouseLaskaris
FatherNicholas (?) Laskaris
Mother... Komnene

Constantine Laskaris (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κομνηνὸς Λάσκαρις, romanizedKōnstantīnos Komnēnós Láskaris) 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.