 After this feat that earned him fame and glory, in 1262 Alexios was appointed again to lead an army against Epirus. Here, however, he was defeated and captured by Nikephoros Doukas, who sent him to Manfred in Italy. He was ransomed in 1265 in exchange for Constance II of Hohenstaufen, widow of John Vatatzes. He is last mentioned in a document from December 1270 in which he made a donation to the Makrinitissa Monastery near Volos, and died sometime between 1271 and 1275, probably at Constantinople.
