Vatatzes family

Emperor of Nicaea

13th-century emperor of Nicaea

Emperor of Nicaea from 1254 to 1258

Byzantine Empress consort

Byzantine general

Daughter of the Niceaen Emperor

13th-century empress consort of Bulgaria

Byzantine nobleman and general

thumb|right|150px|Alleged coat of arms of the Vatatzes family The House of Vatatzes or Batatzes () was a noble Byzantine Greek family of the 11th–14th centuries with several branches, which produced several senior generals of the Byzantine army and, after John III Doukas Vatatzes intermarried with the Laskaris family, the ruling line of the Empire of Nicaea until the usurpation of Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1261. The feminine form of the name is Vatatzina or Vatatzaina () or Batatzina or Batatzaina ().

Byzantine general and aristocrat

byzantine aristocrat and military commander

Byzantine prince (c. 1188–1261)

Byzantine general

Italian jurist