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Who was the last emperor of the Empire of Nicaea?

  • Michael VIII Palaiologos

  • John III Doukas Vatatzes

  • Theodore II Laskaris

  • Andronikos II Palaiologos

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Michael VIII Palaiologos was the last emperor of the Empire of Nicaea. He ruled from 1259 to 1261, when he recaptured Constantinople and restored the Byzantine Empire, effectively ending the Empire of Nicaea.
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