 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Robert, zvisinei, akapa utiziro nenzvimbo yakakodzera mudare rake kuhama mbiri, dzaakanga ane ukama nadzo kupfurikidza nokuroorwa kwehanzvadzi yake Maria kuna Theodore Laskaris. Uyezve, mumwe wehama mbiri akanga atova neukama hwakakura nedare rechiLatin, apedza nguva muConstantinople semusungwa ca. 122021. Chiito ichi chakakanganisa ukama pakati pevaNicaea nevaLatin, uye muna 1224 vakoma vaviri Alexios naIsaac vakazviwana vava kutungamirira uto revaLatin rakatumwa kunorwisa Vatatzes. Muhondo yePoimanenon yakateveraZvisinei, muna 1224, Vatatzes akawana budiriro inokosha: muhondo yakaoma, uto rechiLatin rakakundwa, hama dzakatapwa, uye Vatatzes akapfuurira kuderedza mazhinji enhare dzaiva nevaLatin kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweAsia Minor. Pashure pokukunda kwake, Alexios naIsaac vakapofumadzwa. 