In 1908, he participated in the last stages of the Macedonian Struggle, under the nom de guerre Doukas.
Pipa and Repishti conclude that Arbanon was the first sketch of an "Albanian state", and that it retained semi-autonomous status as the western extremity of an empire (under the Doukai of Epirus or the Laskarids of Nicaea).
John III Doukas Vatatzes | John Komnenos Doukas | Doukas | Michael I Komnenos Doukas | Michael II Komnenos Doukas | Alexios Doukas Philanthropenos |
The two rulers concluded a treaty of alliance, by which John de la Roche's brother and heir, William, would marry John Doukas's daughter Helen and receive the fortresses of Gravia, Siderokastron, Gardiki and Lamia as her dowry.
Doukas worked as painter in a number of western European cities: Paris, Marseille and Vienna, where he became distinguished in the painting of portraits.
Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder (fl. 1070s), Byzantine general, son of the above, who made an attempt on the throne of Michael VII Doukas in 1077-1078
Her paternal grandparents were sebastokrator Isaac Doukas Vatatzes (died 1261), the older brother of Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and his unnamed wife.