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Vatatzes The last prominent member was John Vatatzes, who occupied a succession of high offices in 1333–1345. Another John Vatatzes was a landowner at Caesaropolis in 1320–1322; a Constantine Vatatzes was "archon" in Ioannina in 1367, before being banished by Thomas Preljubovic; a Basil Vatatzes was a hymn writer sometime before 1433; a Theodore Vatatzes donated to the Agioi Pantes Monastery of Mount Athos in 1447; John Vatatzes was a hymn writer from Crete and "protopsaltes" (first cantor) at Candia in 1465; the goldsmith Frangiskos Vatatzes is known from a testament of 1497; and in 1563 the priest Konstantinos Vatatzes is attested. Finally, in the 17th century, Vasileios Vatatzes (1694–1732) from Adrianople, who travelled extensively in Persia and Russia and wrote about his travels.
Vatatzes Another Basil Vatatzes, a man of undistinguished birth according to Choniates, married into the Angelos family and rose to become "domestikos" of the West under Isaac II Angelos (). It is possibly due to this connection that the 14th-century "Chronicle of the Morea" calls Isaac II "Sakes Vatatzes" (Σάκης Βατάτζης). Modern scholars consider Basil as the father of John III Doukas Vatatzes, who thus had no direct connection to the mid-12th century noble family. Basil had two further sons, the "sebastokrator" Isaac and an anonymous third son. Isaac had a son named John and an unnamed daughter who married Constantine Strategopoulos, while the other brother had a daughter who became the wife of the "protovestiarios" Alexios Raoul.
Vatatzes Born in , John married Irene, daughter of the founder of the Empire of Nicaea, Theodore I Laskaris (), and succeeded him on the throne, despite the opposition of Theodore's brothers. John proved a capable ruler, defeating the Latin Empire at the Battle of Poimanenon, and expanding his realm into Europe, where he captured Thessalonica in 1246. Remembered for his kindness as well a shis ability, he was venerated as a saint after his death by the Greeks of Asia Minor. John III was succeeded as Emperor of Nicaea by his only son Theodore II (), who however preferred his mother's surname, Laskaris. With his wife Helena, he had five children. Theodore II was succeeded by his only son, John IV Laskaris (), but was driven from the throne by Michael VIII Palaiologos () after the reconquest of Constantinople in 1261, blinded, and placed in confinement in a remote fortress, where he died some time after 1285.
Vatatzes The Vatatzes or Batatzes () family was a noble Byzantine family of the 11th–14th centuries with several branches, which produced several senior generals of the Byzantine army and, after John III Doukas Vatatzes intermarried with the Laskaris, the ruling line of the Empire of Nicaea until the usurpation of Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1261. The feminine form of the name is Vatatzina (Βατατζίνα).
Vatatzes A variant of the family name, Diplovatatzes (Διπλοβατάτζης, "Double Vatatzes"), was used from the mid-13th century on for family members who descended from the Vatatzai on both sides. They too ranked among the senior nobility of the late Byzantine Empire. An Alexios and Manuel Diplovatatzes are mentioned in the 14th century, along with the "protovestiarites" and lord of Veroia Diplovatatzes; a Theodore Diplovatatzes granted the Vatopedi Monastery lands on Lemnos in 1430; and the last member of the family was Tommaso Diplovataccio (1468–1541), who became a distinguished jurist and scholar in Renaissance Italy.