Skantarios Laskaris

Skantarios Komnenos Laskaris (Greek: Σκαντάριος Κομνηνός Λάσκαρις, 3 May 1257, Constantinople – 31 July 1285, Seleucia) was Byzantine emperor from 1281 to 1285. He rose to the throne by overthrowing and exiling his elder brother John IV Laskaris. His brief reign was marked by administrative chaos and war against the newly established Latin Empire in Cilicia and the Levant. 
He died in the Battle of Seleucia against the Franks and their Mongol allies, becoming the last Byzantine emperor to die in battle, and the first since Nikephoros I in the 9th century. Due to the circumstances of his death, he is celebrated as Saint Skantarios the Martyr in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with a feast date on 31 July.
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