Please answer the following question: Facts: - issue: nicholas maria laskarina , eudokia laskarina , constantine laskaris laskaris , john laskaris , irene laskarina , - title: emperor of nicaea -lrb- byzantine emperor in exile -rrb- - caption: portrait of theodore i from a 15th-century manuscript - reign: 1205 -- 1222 - successor: john iii doukas vatatzes - mother: ioanna karatzaina - predecessor: constantine laskaris - death date: 1222 - father: manuel laskaris - birth date: c. 1174 - name: theodore i laskaris - image: theodore i laskaris miniature.jpg - birth place: constantinople Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of theodore i laskaris .
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theodoros i komnenos laskaris -lrb- , '' theodoros i laskaris '' ; c. 1174/5 -- 1221/august 1222 -rrb- was the first emperor of nicaea -lrb- reigned 1204 -- 1221 or 1205 -- 1222 -rrb- .