When Theodore was a little over ten years old, his father proclaimed him a despot (despotēs) and appointed him to govern Morea after the death of his uncle Theodore I Palaiologos in 1407.
Cando Teodoro tivo dez anos, o seu pai proclamouno déspota e nomeouno gobernador de Morea despois da morte do seu tío Teodoro I Paleólogo en 1407.