 Michael I Komnenos Doukas

Michael I Komnenos Doukas, Latinized as Comnenus Ducas (, or Albanian "Mikhaēl Komnēnos Doukas"), and in modern sources often recorded as Michael I Angelos, a name he never used, was the founder and first ruler of the Despotate of Epirus from until his assassination in 1214/15.Born , Michael was a descendant of Alexios I Komnenos and a cousin of emperors Isaac II Angelos and Alexios III Angelos.