 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yekutapwa kwake, akabatwa nemakororo asati awana hupoteri mudunhu reEpirus iro rakanga ravakwa naMichael I Komnenos Doukas. Akadzorerwa pachigaro chake pashure pokunge Thessalonica yadzorerwa naTheodore Komnenos Doukas muna 1224. Zvisinei, apo Theodore akakumbira kugadzwa samambo, vaMesopotamia vakaramba, nokuda kwokuvimbika kuPatriarchate yakanga iri muutapwa muUmambo hweNicaea, uye vakasiya chigaro chavo vachizviparadzanisa. Theodore pakupedzisira akagadzwa korona naMbhishopi Mukuru weOhrid, Demetrios Chomatenos, pane imwe nguva muna Kubvumbi-Nyamavhuvhu 1227. Vanhu vokuMesopotamia vanofanira kunge vakanga vasiya nzvimbo yake yokuona zvokunamata panguva iyoyo. Zvinoratidzika kuti nzvimbo yacho yakaramba isina munhu kwenguva yakati pashure pacho, kusvikira imwe nguva pashure pa 1230, apo bhishopi weBulgaria, zvichida anonzi Michael Pratanos, akaiswa somugumisiro wehutongi hweBulgaria pamusoro peHurumende yeTesaronika mushure mekukundwa kwaTheodore uye kubatwa muhondo yeKlokotnitsa. 