ANSEAU [V] de Cayeux ([1195/1205]-[13 May 1273/Mar 1276]). Regent of the Latin empire of Constantinople in 1237: the Continuator of William of Tyre records that, after the death in Mar 1237 of Emperor Jean de Brienne and the succession of "fiz moult juene…Baudoin", the barons appointed "baille et garde del empire et del enfant un vaillant home…Anseau" who "maintint bien la terre selonc le mauvais point en quoi ele estoit" and "por ce que il la peust meauz maintenir, fist il pais et aliance o les Comanz, et esposa la fille d´un Coman por meauz atraire les a soi"[1489]. Emperor Baudouin was in the west seeking allies to defend Constantinople between 1236 and July 1239. It is therefore probable that Anseau was appointed as regent only for the period of Baudouin´s absence, after the death of Emperor Jean. The choice of Anseau suggests that he must already have held a position of importance in the imperial government and that therefore he was reasonably mature at the time, suggesting a birth date range of [1195/1205], but no source has yet been found which confirms that this speculation is correct. Champagne says that, after the return to Constantinople of Emperor Baudouin, Anseau held "différents commandements sur terre et sur mer et se distingua contre les Bulgares, contre les Grecs, contre les Lombards"[1490]. The primary sources which confirm that this statement is correct have not yet been identified. Georgius Akropolites records that "Aseldecaë [?s?? ?e?a?]" (="Ansel de Cayeu") led Latin imperial troops "apud Tzurulum" against Emperor Ioannes III Vatatzes, but fled to Constantinople leaving behind his wife "Eudocia soror uxoris imperatoris", who was later expelled and sent back to Constantinople as well, dated to [1247] from the context of the passage[1491]. After [1247], it is difficult to be certain whether the references to Anseau de Cayeux are to the same person as Anseau [V], although the charter dated Jun 1277, under which his supposed widow "Marie de Kaieu jadis fame monseigneur Ansel de Kaieu, grant baron et camberlenc de l ´empiere de Costantinoble, et Anseaus, leur fils" donated property to the monks of Dommartin[1492], suggests that there was probably only one Anseau de Cayeux. Pope Innocent IV issued a dispensation for the marriage of "Anselmum de Keu ac Mariam natam Matildis dominæ de Posaga, natæ comitissæ Viennensis" dated 15 Aug 1253, and the marriage licence for "Maria, nate quondam Calojohanni" dated 13 Jan 1254, the documents naming "imperatore Constantinopolitano, eiusdem Matildis avunculo"[1493]. Pope Alexander IV confirmed the marriage of "nobili viro Anselmo domino de Keu et Marie uxori eius" dated 15 Jan 1255[1494]. McDaniel assumes that the bridegroom Anseau was "resident in or held lands around Keu", on the basis of the information contained in this marriage dispensation and licence[1495]. He identifies "Keu" as "present-day Banostor" in Hungary. However, it is more likely that "Keu" in these documents represents an imaginative rendering of "Cayeux", especially given the number of orthographic variations of the name which are found in contemporary primary sources. Anseau was appointed Vicar-General of Albania in 1273 by Charles I King of Sicily [Anjou-Capet]: "Anselmo de Caen" was named "Capitaneum et Vicarium generale in Regno Albanie" by charter dated 13 May 1273[1496]. [m firstly ---. No direct indication of this supposed first marriage has been found. However, the date of Anseau´s marriage to the Kuman princess ([Mar 1237/1239]) would be late for a first marriage, assuming that his birth date is correctly estimated as shown above. No details are known about Anseau´s career before 1237, but it is possible that he was called to Constantinople from France and, if this is correct, that his supposed first wife was French. It is assumed that this first wife died without leaving surviving children.] m [secondly] ([Mar 1237/1239]) ---, daughter of --- of the Kumans. The Continuator of William of Tyre records that "…Anseau" married "la fille d´un Coman" as part of his alliance with the Kuman people[1497]. m[thirdly] ([1239/47]) EVDOKIA Laskarina, daughter of THEODOROS I Emperor in Nikaia and his first wife Anna Angelina ([1210/12]-[1247/53]). Georgius Akropolites names "Irene, Maria et Eudocia" as the three daughters of "Theodorum Lascarim imperatorem…ex Anna uxore"[1498]. Ephræmius records the betrothal of "imperatori Lascari…tertiam filiam Eudociam" and "Robertum", stating that "Manuele patriarcha" objected to the marriage[1499]. Georgius Akropolites records that "Robertus" was betrothed to "Eudociæ filiæ" but that "Manuelem…patriarcham" objected to the marriage[1500]. Georgius Akropolites records that "Theodori imperatoris fratres germani sebastocratores Alexius atque Isaacius" kidnapped "illius filia Eudocia" from Constantinople after the death of her father[1501]. Her first betrothal was arranged in confirmation of the peace between the empire in Nikaia and the Latin empire, but the Patriarch of Nikaia objected to the marriage on the grounds of consanguinity[1502]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records that "dux Austrie" married one of the daughters (mentioned second) of "Lascarum Grecum" and that the fourth daughter married "Anselmus de Kiev, de Pontivo natus"[1503]. No other source records that Emperor Theodoros Lascaris had four daughters. It appears likely that the daughter who was betrothed to the duke of Austria was the same daughter who later married Anseau de Cayeux. If this is correct, it does not appear possible for Evdokia to have married Anseau de Cayeux much before [1230]. If Anseau´s [second] marriage is correctly shown above, the date of Evdokia´s marriage must be adjusted to [1239/47]. As the name of Anseau´s daughter "Eudokia" indicates that Evdokia Laskarina must have been her mother, it is suggested that Evdokia must have been born towards the end of her mother´s life. The marriage must have taken place during a period when the emperors in Nikaia entered a peace arrangement with the Latin empire of Constantinople, with the marriage as part of the deal, but insufficient details are known about the precise chronology of events to be able to assess the date more precisely. Georgius Akropolites records that "Eudocia soror uxoris imperatoris" was the wife of "Aseldecaë [?s?? ?e?a?]" (="Ansel de Cayeu") at "apud Tzurulum" which was besieged by Emperor Ioannes III Vatatzes, her husband fleeing, Evdokia later being sent to Constantinople, dated to [1247] from the context of the passage[1504]. Ephræmius records that "sororem reginæ…Eudociam" married "Aseldecao Italo dynastæ"[1505]. The reference to "Italo" is presumably deduced from Anseau´s later appointment as Vicar-General by Charles I King of Sicily [Anjou-Capet] (see above). If it is correct, as shown below, that it was Anseau [V] who married Maria Angelina, and not a younger person also named Anseau de Cayeux, Evdokia must have died before 1253. m [fourthly] (Papal dispensation 15 Aug 1253, licence 13 Jan 1254) MARIA Angelina, daughter of IOANNES "Kaloiannes" Angelos & his wife Mathilde von Vianden (-after 1285). Pope Innocent IV issued a dispensation for the marriage of "Anselmum de Keu ac Mariam natam Matildis dominæ de Posaga, natæ comitissæ Viennensis" dated 15 Aug 1253, and the marriage licence for "Maria, nate quondam Calojohanni" dated 13 Jan 1254, the documents naming "imperatore Constantinopolitano, eiusdem Matildis avunculo"[1506]. Pope Alexander IV confirmed the marriage of "nobili viro Anselmo domino de Keu et Marie uxori eius" dated 15 Jan 1255[1507]. "Marie de Kaieu jadis fame monseigneur Ansel de Kaieu, grant baron et camberlenc de l ´empiere de Costantinoble, et Anseaus, leur fils" donated property to the monks of Dommartin by charter dated Jun 1277[1508]. "Anslaus de Kayeu fieus et hoirs Ansiel de Kayeu chevalier jadis boutellier de Seles" confirmed possessions of the church of Dommartin, with the consent of "Marie me dame et me mère", by charter dated Mar 1276[1509]. McDaniel dates her last documented appearance to 1285[1510]. Anseau [V] & his [third] wife had one child
