 After this feat that earned him fame and glory , in 1262 Alexios was appointed again to lead an army against Epirus . Here , however , he was defeated and captured by Nikephoros Doukas , who sent him to Manfred in Italy . He was ransomed in 1265 in exchange for Constance II of Hohenstaufen , widow of John Vatatzes . He is last mentioned in a document from December 1270 in which he made a donation to the Makrinitissa Monastery near Volos , and died sometime between 1271 and 1275 , probably at Constantinople . 
