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Theodore Branas or Vranas -LRB- Θεοδωρος Βρανας , Theodoros Branas -RRB- was a general under the Byzantine Empire and afterwards under the Latin Empire of Constantinople .. Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire. Latin Empire. Latin Empire. Constantinople. Constantinople. He is called Li Vernas by western chroniclers of the Fourth Crusade , including Geoffroi de Villehardouin .. Fourth Crusade. Fourth Crusade. Geoffroi de Villehardouin. Geoffroi de Villehardouin. Theodore was the son of general Alexios Branas and of Anna Komnene Vatatzina .. Alexios Branas. Alexios Branas. Anna. Agnes of France, Empress consort of the Eastern Roman Empire. He was probably born in Adrianople , where his family held hereditary lands .. Adrianople. Adrianople. In 1193 , according to the chronicler Alberic of Trois-Fontaines , Theodore became the lover of the dowager empress Anna , then aged 22 .. Alberic of Trois-Fontaines. Alberic of Trois-Fontaines. Anna. Agnes of France, Empress consort of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was the daughter of King Louis VII of France by his third wife Adele of Champagne , and the sister of Philip II of France ; she had originally come to Constantinople to be betrothed to Alexios II Komnenos , but Alexios was murdered by his co-emperor and regent Andronikos I Komnenos in 1183 .. Constantinople. Constantinople. Louis VII of France. Louis VII of France. Adele of Champagne. Adele of Champagne. Philip II of France. Philip II of France. Alexios II Komnenos. Alexios II Komnenos. Andronikos I Komnenos. Andronikos I Komnenos. She was then married to Andronikos , and was widowed on his violent death in 1185 .. Theodore fought with limited success under Isaac II Angelos .. Isaac II Angelos. Isaac II Angelos. Together with John Petraliphas , Michael Kantakouzenos and others , he was involved in the successful plot to replace Isaac with his brother Alexios III Angelos in 1195 .. Alexios III Angelos. Alexios III Angelos. He fought against various enemies under Alexios III .. He was prominent in the initial defence of Constantinople against the Fourth Crusade , in 1202 -- 1203 .. Constantinople. Constantinople. Fourth Crusade. Fourth Crusade. Theodore and Anna married , on the urging of the Latin Emperor Baldwin I of Constantinople , immediately after the establishment of the Latin Empire in summer 1204 .. Latin Empire. Latin Empire. Constantinople. Constantinople. Anna. Agnes of France, Empress consort of the Eastern Roman Empire. Baldwin I of Constantinople. Baldwin I of Constantinople. They had at least one daughter , who married Narjot de Toucy .. Narjot de Toucy. Narjot de Toucy ( died 1241 ). For several years after 1204 Theodore , and presumably Anna , were of invaluable assistance to the Empire .. Anna. Agnes of France, Empress consort of the Eastern Roman Empire. Theodore was one of the few notable Greeks to offer it his immediate support , and received the title of Caesar in return .. Caesar. Caesar ( title ). He acted as an ambassador to Henry of Flanders when the Greeks of Adrianople and Demotica wished to break their alliance from Kaloyan of Bulgaria and seek the protection of their cities by the Latins .. Adrianople. Adrianople. Henry of Flanders. Henry of Flanders. Demotica. Demotica. Kaloyan of Bulgaria. Kaloyan of Bulgaria. Theodore was Lord of Adrianople and Apros -LRB- known to the Latins as Naples or Napoli -RRB- .. Adrianople. Adrianople. Apros. Apros. The last record of him is in 1219 , when , like his son-in-law Narjot de Toucy , he briefly governed Constantinople .. Constantinople. Constantinople. Narjot de Toucy. Narjot de Toucy ( died 1241 )