This fact prevails despite the pointless efforts of frustrated detractors who attempt to propagate false arguments.  Only the House can abdicate or reassign its historical rights.

An absurdity (posed as a scholarly conclusion!) by the said detractors is that, it would take a life time to disprove the authenticity of the House; therefore, the House is amiss. [The capacity to reason and for scholastic discipline as shown by this statement is left to the judgment of the  reader.]

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DISCREDITED  AND  SET  ASIDE
(see other pertinent information)

         Below   appears   the   English   translation   of   a   clarifying   statement   by  the
         GRAND COUNCIL of the  ORDER OF SAINT EUGENE OF TREBIZOND.

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    We suppose that Mr. Guy Stair Sainty publishes his defamatory page on account of his being Vice Chancellor of the Constantinian Order of the Two Sicilies; and by which he considers to have disposed of the Lascaris Comnenus -- true holders-in-trust of the authentic Order of Saint Constantine the Great, who have conserved and conveyed it from generation to generation until our days.

    There is a great number of publications, writings, documents, etc. that attest to these facts.  Bear in mind that the said Order of the Two Sicilies as also that held by the Bourbons of Parma are orders exclusively of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, but they can never be considered (as they declare) successors of the one founded by Constantine the Great, Emperor of Byzantium.  To make this assertion it suffices to state (as it has been published already many times) that according to them it [the Constantinian Order] was purchased of an Albanian family that was said to be Angeloi (of the Angeloi of Byzantium), but whose real name was Span.  Yet, as it can be proven, an Order can never be an object of a sale, and much less to be done by a family having no rights whatsoever to same.  In view of these facts, the Lascaris Comnenus Family made the pertinent protestations; and thus it was recognized by the Senate of the Roman People (see the corresponding Registration in the Archives of the SPQR).

    We wish to point out that if our Family had not the origin it claims: How is it possible in the course of the years always to have been recognized by the Greek People, hundreds of Greek institutions, centers, etc.?

    Why was it that His Beatitude the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem granted the Grand Cordon of the Holy Sepulcher to the Princes Eugene II and Theodore IX; and His Beatitude Eireneos  –  for whom is felt a great friendship and affection  –  granted that Order to Prince Juan Arcadio?

    Their brother, Prince Constantine, in view of his work to induce various American countries to vote for the independence of Cyprus, was appointed Consul of that nation in Costa Rica by the President of Cyprus, His Beatitude Archbishop Makarios.  And, in recognition of his great cultural contribution the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Costa Rica in Solemn Session on April 1998 unanimously declared him “BENEFACTOR OF THE NATION.”

    The brother, Prince Juan Arcadio, has been received during all of his sojourns in Greece with full solemnity by advocates and institutions.  We cite that with the participation of the Greek Combat Veterans and in the custody of the Evzone Guard in Athens he placed a “Laurel Wreath” at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Greek Parliament building at Syntagma Square.

    This Prince has been recognized as leader of the Hellenic patriotic movement of various Pontian groups of Greece, the United States, Ukraine, and other nations.  Thus, the central Pontian Library, “Captain Eucleides,” at Aharnon in Athens has been put under his name, having himself attended the inaugural ceremony on May 11, 2003.

    He was named member of Parnassus of Athens, addressing the corresponding conference of induction.  He has addressed various conferences at the Grand Hall of the University of Athens and at diverse centers in Athens, Patras, Sparta, Mistras, Lamia, Volos, Larisa, Nafpaktos, etc.  And in Athens this year, 2006, he celebrated his Birthday with the participation of more than three hundred persons and in the company of the former Prime Minister of Greece and of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.  Furthermore, in recognition of cooperation by his Hellenic compatriots, he has bestowed fifteen plaques of appreciation to as many personalities, including Mayors, Metropolitans of the Orthodox Church, and Generals of the Greek Armed Forces.

    We do not wish to press on with more data from the immense number of activities the Family has brought forth.  It will be said only that they number in hundreds of publications and works.  In a word, the Family has not ceased in all their lives to demonstrate in ample form their great personal quality and great affection for their Hellenic motherland.    

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Soberana e Imperial
Orden de San Constantino el Grande
y de Santa Helena
(Milicia de Oro)

H. I. R. H.  PRINCE  EUGENE III
GRAND  PROTECTOR  OF  THE  HOUSE AND  GRAND  MASTER
ORDER  OF  SAINT  CONSTANTINE  THE  GREAT A.D.  312
ORDER  OF  SAINT  HELEN

THE
MOST AUGUST
AND
IMPERIAL ORDER
OF
SAINT  EUGENE OF TREBIZOND

H. I. R. H.  PRINCE  JUAN  ARCADIO
GRAND  MASTER
 

(Laskaris [Latin adaptation--Lascaris]: Greek derivative of the  Urdu-Hindi, lashkar [soldier].  Linguistic influence
from Bactria and Babylonia — part of the area ruled by the Seleucids during the Hellenic, namely, Macedonian presence.)

HOUSE  DELEGATES

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Emanating from The HOUSE are:
The  ORDERS  &  other INSTITUTIONS

Each ORDER accountable to a:
MAGISTERIAL  GRAND  COUNCIL
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__

ADMINISTRATIVE  FRAMEWORK
OF  THE  ORDERS

Appointed Offices:
GRAND  CHANCELLERY  GENERAL
GENERAL  CHANCELLERIES
NATIONAL  CHANCELLERIES
REGIONAL Chancelleries

Linguistic Exarchates
General Exarchates
National Exarchates
Toparchies and Local Chapters
All Knights and Ladies
______________________________________
CONSTANTINIAN  KNIGHTS  k  HELENIAN  LADIES
EUGENIAN   SPATHARIOS   k  ARCHONTISSAS
Preserving the Historical Origin of the Orders
Guardians of Byzantine Tradition and Ideals,
Defenders  of The Cross and of The Faith.

(See origin & history)

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A  BRIEF  HISTORICAL  OVERVIEW
OF  THE
INFLUENCE OF BYZANTIUM

THE  weakening  of  the  Ancient  Greek   City  States   and  the proliferation  of  the   Alexandrian  Empire  open  the   way  for  the   Roman Empire.

Constantine  the  Great becomes  sole  Emperor  of  the    Roman  Empire, based  on  his  military  victory   over  Maxentius  in   312  A.D.  outside of   Rome.

Constantine  moves  the  seat  of  the  Roman Empire  from  Rome  to  Byzantium. The  City  becomes  his   namesake,  that  is,   Constantinople  and together   with  the  Empire  they  are  known  as    the  New  Rome,  the Second  Rome,  the   Eastern  Roman  Empire,  Byzantium, and  carry  the magical   name  of  Valentia.

The  Fourth  Crusade  finds  Byzantium  sacked  and    occupied  by  Western invaders  from  1203  to 1261.

The  Byzantine  presence  survives  during  that  period    by  the  rise  of two  Empires.   One  is   founded  in  Nicaea  by   the  Lascaris  Dynasty and  the  other  thrives  in  Trebizond  under     the  Comnenus  Dynasty.

In  1261  Nicaean superiority  recaptures  Constantinople and    Byzantium lasts  until  1453  when  the  City   falls to  the   Ottoman  invaders.

Trebizond fares better and remains in power until 1461  when  it too  falls to the same invading force.

There was also the cultural city of Mystras, capital of the Despotate of like name, nestled on the first slopes of Mt. Taygetos and adjacent to Sparta.  It lasted from 1348 to 1460 when it too succumbed to the Turk.   The aggregate of all these final events marks the true Fall of the Roman Empire—yet,  only in a geopolitical sense and  not ever in a socio-cultural sense.  Witness the enduring Western Civilization,.

The front line defense of the Western world thus fails and the Asiatic non-Christian presence comes face to face with Europe at a crucial geographical juncture.  This problematic actuality casts long shadows on dubious alliances attempted by Westerners with non-Europeans in that area.

The escape from Byzantium to the West of a large number of intellectual and cultivated people brings about the Renaissance of Europe.  An expanding consequence of that, in Western terms, is the Discovery of the Americas which establishes the inevitable reality that the New World is NEW BYZANTIUM.

EUGENE II
( March 26, 1886  - June 1, 1952 )
RESTORER  OF  BYZANTINE
TRADITIONAL  INSTITUTIONS
(OIL)

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THEODORE IX
(October 27, 1921 - September 20, 2006)
ERUDITE  VISIONARY
PROPAGATOR OF BYZANTIUM
IN THE AMERICAS
or
NEW BYZANTIUM

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H. I. and R. H. PRINCE THEODORE IX LASCARIS COMNENUS (deceased)
and
H. I. and R. H. PRINCESS  GABRIELA

HIS IMPERIAL AND ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE THEODORE IX LASCARIS COMNENUS of the Byzantine House of Constantinople with PRINCESS GABRIELA reside with the Family in Venezuela.  Prince Theodore IX was by Primogeniture the HIGH PROTECTOR of the House and all of its Institutions.  These include the UNION OF BYZANTINE ARISTOCRACY; the ORDER OF SAINTS CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND HELEN; the ORDER OF SAINT EUGENE OF TREBIZOND; and the INTERNATIONAL PHILO-BYZANTINE ACADEMY AND UNIVERSITY (IPHBAU).  He was the GRAND MASTER of the Constantinian Helenian Order, while his younger brother, H. I. AND R. H. PRINCE   JUAN   ARCADIO  LASCARIS    COMNENUS    is   the GRAND MASTER of the Eugenian Order.    

Prince Theodore IX was a Doctor of Laws and Philosophy; University Professor at national and foreign educational institutions [in the U.S.A. at Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN]; critic; author; essayist; writer of an acknowledged and far reaching trajectory; co-worker for international publications in the country; had conducted conferences in various countries in the Continents of Europe and America; and had received decorations such as the Order of Miranda and others for his pedagogical work.  He received  Honorary  Doctorates at Universities in Canada, the United States of America, Argentina and France among others.

Among works published by the Prince are: The Problems and Teaching of the United Nations and of UNESCO; Introduction to Philosophy and Greek Philosophy; The Philosophies of Cultures and the Mass Societies; Historical Juridical Study of  the   Independent Orders  of Chivalry;  Philosophy of Venezuelan Education; Fifth Centenary: Encounters and Divergencies on the Half Millennium of Discovery of the New World [excerpt].

HISTORICAL JURIDICAL STUDY
OF THE
INDEPENDENT ORDERS OF CHIVALRY
by
Dr. Teodoro Láscaris Comneno
Prof. Tit. Universidad de Carabobo
Valencia, Venezuela
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Publicación de la
Universidad Yacambú
Consejo Universitario

Rector
Juan Pedro Pereira Meléndez
Vice-Rectora Académica
Gadra Sánchez de Pérez
Vice-Rector Administrativo
César Moreno
Vice-Rector de Investigación Post-Grado
Eustiquio Aponte
Secretario General
Omar O. Parada D.
Decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas
Luis Semprum
Decano de la Facultad de Humanidades
Genaro Lucena
Decano de la Facultad de Ingeniería
Beatriz O. de Peña

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DECLARATORY  INTRODUCTION
ON  PROS  AND  CONS
OF  THE
LASCARIS  COMNENUS

By: Dr. Theodore Lascaris Comnenus.  Valencia, Venezuela, January 1, 1997.                                       
Prior to the Spanish Civil War of 1936, a PRO-LASCARIS Committee established in Madrid advanced the candidacy of my father, Prince Eugene Lascaris, for the Crowns of Greece and Cyprus, particularly in the years 1923 and 1935.

In the post-World War II period, in 1946, he gave international character to the Greek-Byzantine Institution of the Sovereign (i.e., Independent) Order of Constantine the Great with its feminine branch of Saint Helen; and beginning in 1948, the Review PARTHENON was published -- an organ of the "Greek-Spanish Cultural Association" with its seat in Madrid.

In 1950, as a cultural extension of the Order, my father founded the "Philo -Byzantine Academy and University Magistrorum."

In 1953 in Madrid was created the institute and magazine CONTRA-LASCARIS presided by an ex-Falangist and ex-carlosoctavista named "Le petit Goebles," and his "ad-latere" an author, who through a publication "Hidalguía" presented themselves as implacable adversaries of Prince Eugene, of our Family, and of our Institutions.  Such a person wished to bring honor to his name by linking up with us who unfortunately are not sectarian integristas.

Rodríguez Maseda affirms that fanatics in their ignorance border on IDIOCY, being capable of the most incredible doings in word and in deed.

Those mentioned pertained to a group that in the fifties and sixties was led by a politico and his ministers, members of the sect integrista nocedaliana, protected by the totalitarian STATE.

The CONTRA-LASCARIS stem since '53 to date, developing a campaign based on contemptuous insults, denigration and attacks on prestige.  With ample financial support, they are dedicated to sending letters and pamphlets everywhere using their "executioners." 

While the Lascaris Comnenus Institutions promote "Human Rights" and the "Declaration of Rights of the United Nations," of the OAS and of UNESCO, in favor of understanding, of the comprehension of fraternity, the integristas nocedalianos CONTRAS are enemies of the truth, of reason, and of liberty, by submitting to fanatical obscurantism, isolated from all logic.

As so wisely articulates the top advisor of President Clinton, George Stephanopoulos, when personal attacks are launched, it is a deliberate strategy intended not to debate the real problems.  Which in our case is the defense of Human Rights, the freedom of expression and union, as opposed to obscurantism.

COLOPHON

More precisely, persecutions by word as well as by act is what gave strength to Christianity.  Only the PRO, or so to speak the POSITIVE produces thought and action.   CONTRA NEGATIVISM for its malignity is the DRAGON that will be annihilated by our master Megalomartyr Saint George of Cappadocia, renowned Captain of the PRO-LASCARIS OF BYZANTIUM.

ODERINT DUM METUANT
(HATE WHOM YOU FEAR)

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H. I. AND R. H.
PRINCESS  ALEXIA  LASCARIS  COMNENUS
HOUSE  CHARGÉ  IN  THE  AMERICAS

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On October 16, 1935, in the residence of Ricla in Spain.
The Colonel Contopirakis Aide-de-camp of General Plastiras; the countess
of Castellano; the Princess Nicasia; the Prince Eugene; Mr. Melioudis, Deputy; the
Count of Castellano;  don Vicente Lope Onde and don Jose Orera de Ibarz.

(Above appear the Greek leaflet and the photograph including
members of the Greek Delegation dispatched to Prince Eugene II
Lascaris Comnenos in exile in Spain to accept as legitimate King the
throne of Greece as H.R.H. EUGENE A' KING OF THE HELLENES.)

NOTE:
The Greek people accept the term "King of the Hellenes"
and not "King of Greece."

They may consider to be "citizens" within royal governance;
yet will not accept to be "subjects" under royal authority.
(They consider their king to be one among them worldwide.)

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The IMPERIAL ORDER
OF
SAINT EUGENE OF TREBIZOND

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COAT OF ARMS
OF
H. I and R. H.
PRINCE  JUAN  ARCADIO  LASCARIS  COMNENUS
GRAND MASTER

PRINCE  JUAN ARCADIO &  PRINCESS  MARIA  ISABELA
 (See also)

ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ

       Ο Juan Arcadio Lascaris Comneno (Ιωάννης Αρκάδιος ΛΑΣΚΑΡΙΣ-ΚΟΜΝΗΝΟΣ) γεννήθηκε το 1926 στή Σαραγόζα της Ισπανίας. Σπούδασε Κοινωνιολογία, Νομικά και Ιστορία και είναι Διδάκτωρ Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Διδάκτωρ Αστικού Δικαίου. Έζησε και εργάστηκε στήν Ισπανία, τις Η.Π.Α. και σε χώρες της Κεντρικής και Νότιας Αμερικής.
       Τό συγγραφικό του έργο είναι μεγάλο και επεκτείνεται σε τομείς όπως η Δημοσία Υγεία και Πρόνοια, η Λογοτεχνία, η Ιστορία της Ισπανίας και της Βυζαντινής Αυτοκρατορίας.
       Είναι συγγραφέας της «Συλλογής Νομοθεσιών περί Υγείας» σε εικοσιπέντε τόμους. Τό 1988 εξεδόθησαν τά έργα του «Νομοθεσία περί Προσωπικού» 800 σελίδων, και «Φαρμακευτική» σε δύο τόμους 1500 σελίδων και το 1989 το έργο του «Διδακτική και Έρευνα» 710 σελίδων.
       Στόν Τομέα της Κοινωνικής Πρόνοιας έχει τιμηθεί για το έργο του «Αλβάρο Λόπεθ Νούνιεθ και η Κοινωνική Πρόνοια στήν Ισπανία» με το Βραβείο τού Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Πρόνοιας της Ισπανίας.
       Η μεγάλη αγάπη του για την Ελλάδα, το βυζαντινό πολιτισμό και τήν Ορθοδοξία δέν περνά από κανένα απαρατήρητη.
        Μακρύς είναι και ο κατάλογος των πνευματικών ιδρυμάτων που ενέταξαν τον Ιωάννη Λάσκαρι Κομνηνό στούς κόλπους των.
       Πλείστες είναι καί οι τιμητικές διακρίσεις και ηθικές αμοιβές που του έχουν επανεμεθεί στο πέραν του μισού αιώνα προσφοράς του στόν επιστημονικό χώρο.
       Λάτρης της εκκλησιαστικής εικαστικής τέχνης, επιδίδεται στις ελεύθερες του ώρες στη βυζαντινή αγιογραφία.
       Κατοικεί μόνιμα στη Μαδρίτη. Είναι νυμφευμένος μέ την Μαρία Ισαβέλα ντε Μονρόϊ-Μπλάνκο και έχουν δυο θυγατέρες, τη Μαρία Ευγενία και την Έλενα.

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       Juan Arcadio Lascaris Comneno (Ioannis Arkadios LASKARIS-KOMNENOS) was born in 1926 in Zaragoza, Spain.  He studied Sociology, Law and History and is Doctor of Social Sciences and Doctor of Civil Law.  He lived and worked in Spain, U.S.A. and in countries of Central and South America.
        His written work is large and expands into areas such as Public Health and Care, Literature, History of Spain and of the Byzantine Empire.
       He is the author of "Collection of Legislation on Health" in twenty-five volumes.  His works were published in 1988 on "Legislation on Personnel" 800 pages, and "Pharmaceutics" in two volumes in 1500 pages and in 1989 his work "Teaching and Research" 710 pages.
       In the area of Social Care, the institution for Spain’s National Care has honored him with the Prize for his work "Alvaro Lopez Nuñez and Social Care in Spain."
       His great Love for Greece, Byzantine civilization and Orthodoxy cannot escape anyone’s notice.
       There is also a long list of intellectual institutions that have taken Ioannis Arkadios Laskaris Komnenos into their fold.
       Many honorary distinctions and moral rewards have also been bestowed upon him during his half-century of contribution to the scientific environment.
       A lover of ecclesiastical fine arts, he devotes his free time in Byzantine iconography.
       He resides permanently in Madrid.  He is married to María Isabela de Monroy-Blanco and they have two daughters, María Eugenia and Helena.

(Order of St. Eugene of Trebizond)

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ORDER OF SAINT EUGENE OF TREBIZOND

DECREE  of   SUCCESSION
to the
GRAND  MAGISTERY
June 24, 2001


 H.I.R.H. Princess MARIA  EUGENIA  ISABEL
H.I.R.H. Princess HELENA  ISABEL  EIRENE
LASCARIS  COMNENUS  MONROY
[left to right]
(see also)

DECREE  OF  SUCCESSION
Appended to the Second Constitution

Article 1.
            In the event of my physical inability duly to attend to my functions as Grand Master or because of my demise, the said office will be assumed immediately by my first-born daughter, the Princess Dr. MARIA EUGENIA ISABEL LASCARIS COMNENUS  MONROY as Supreme Grand Dame of the same [ i.e., of the Order of Saint Eugene of Trebizond ].

 Article 2.
            My second daughter, the Princess Dr. HELENA ISABEL EIRENE LASCARIS COMNENUS MONROY, will at the same time assume the Lieutenancy General, thus fulfilling the condition established in Section b) of the Second Constitution.

Article 3.
            On such occasion when my successor to the Grand Magistery should be unable to continue in her post because of impossibility or death, said Grand Magistery will be assumed by my second daughter, the Princess Dr. Helena Isabel Eirene, who until that moment will have fulfilled the charge of the Lieutenancy General.

Article 4.
            In such circumstance when the latter were unable to assume the post or in the event of her demise, the Supreme Grand Master would be the eldest son of my first daughter, the Princess Dr. Maria Eugenia Isabel, if he would meet the following conditions,

a) Older than 18 years.
b)  Will have taken steps whereby the surname Lascaris would be incorporated in his name in the first place; which is to say, his descendants will always be able to be named Lascaris and will be able to continue as members of the House of Lascaris Comnenus.

Article 5.
Should such a male not exist, it would pass to the first-born male of my second daughter, Dr Helena Isabel Eirene, as long as he would fulfill the conditions indicated in Sections a) and b) of the previous Article.

Article 6.
If none of these males existed it could pass to the daughters of both, following the same order and conditions.

Article 7.
If none of both previously cited daughters had descendants, the succession to the Grand Magistery would be determined by the Grand Protector of the Order or Chief of the Imperial House of the Lascaris Comnenus.

Given in Madrid on the twenty-fourth of June of the year 2001 of the Birth of the Savior or 7509 of the Era of Constantinople.

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[The original text in Spanish]

DECRETO  DE  SUCESION

Artículo 1°

En caso de imposibilidad física que no me permita atender debidamente las funciones de Gran Maestre o a causa de mi fallecimiento, asumirá, de inmediato, este puesto mi hija primogénita la princesa D^a MARIA EUGENIA ISABEL LASCARIS COMNENO MONROY como Gran Dama Suprema de la misma.

Artículo 2°
                AI propio tiempo asumirá su Lugartenencia General mi segunda hija la princesa D^a HELENA ISABEL IRENE LASCARIS COMNENO MONROY, cumpliendo así la condici6n establecida en el Apartado b) de la Constitucl6n Segunda.

Artículo 3°
            En el momento en que mi sucesora en el Gran Maestrazgo, por imposibilidad o muerte, no pudiera continuar en su puesto, este Gran Maestrazgo sería asumido por mi segunda hija la princesa D^a Helena Isabel Irene, que hasta ahora desempeñaba el cargo de Lugarteniente General.

Artículo 4°
            En el supuesto de que esta última no pudiera asumir el puesto o falleciera, sería Gran Maestre Supremo el hijo mayor varón de mi primera hija la princesa D^a Maria Eugenia Isabel si reuniera las siguientes condiciones

                a) Mayor de 18 años

                b) Haber gestionado que el apellido Láscaris sea incorporado a su nombre
                                en primer lugar, es decir, que sus descendientes siempre puedan denominarse
                                Láscaris y puedan continuar siendo miembros de la Casa Láscaris Comneno.

                Artículo 5°

                                Si este varón no existiera, pasaría al primogénito y varón de mi segunda hija
                D^a Helena Isabel Irene siempre que cumpliera las condiciones señaladas en los apartados
                a) y b) del artículo anterior.

                Artículo 6°
                        Si no existiera ninguno de estos varones podría pasar a las hijas de ambas
               siguiendo el mismo orden y condiciones.

Artículo 7°
                        Si no tuvieran descendencia ninguna ambas princesas citadas anteriormente,
                determinaría la sucesión en el Gran Maestrazgo el Alto Protector de la Orden o Jefe de la
                Casa Imperial y Real de los Láscaris Comnenos

Dado en Madrid, a veinticuatro de junio del año 2001 del Nacimiento del Salvador y 7509 de la Era de Constantinopla.

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THE  DYNASTY
OF  THE
LASKARIS  KOMNENOS  
OF
CONSTANTINOPLE
 

The HOUSE of LASKARIS has its origin in the
Seleucides of the Hellenic Empire of Syria and
Commagene, and the KOMNENOS in the Flavian
House of Rome.

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                                                                       FLAVIUS  EMMANOUIL
                                                                            Prefect of the Orient
                                                                                             I
                                                                                             I
                                                          ___________________________________
                                                          I                                                                    I
                                                          I                                                                    I
                                      ISAAKIOS  I  KOMNENOS                               IOANNES
                                            Emperor (1057-1059)                                              (d. 1067)
                                                                                                                               I
                                                                                                                               I
                                                                                                         ALEXIOS  I  the GREAT
                                                                                                               Emperor (1081-1118)
                                                                                                                               I
                                                                                                                               I
                                           ____________________________________________
                                           I                                                                                                 I
                                           I                                                                                                 I
                                IOANNES  II                                                                              ISAAKIOS
                             Emperor (1118-1143)                                                                       Sebastokrator
                                           I                                                                                                 I
                                           I                                                                                                 I
                            ______________________                                                                     I  
                            I                                          I                                                       ANDRONIKOS  I
                            I                                          I                                                        Emperor (1183-1185)
             EMMANOUIL  I                            I                                                                      I
            Emperor (1143-1180)                             I                                                                      I
                                                                       I                                                                      I
                                                     MARIA  KOMNENE                                                   I
                                           m. KONSTANTINOS  LASKARIS                                       I                                                                                Imperial Prince of Mysia,                                     EMMANOUIL
                                                 Tenedos, and Peloponnesus;                                             I
                                                 General of the Empire (1108)                                               I                                                                          I                                                                       I
                                                                      I                                             _____________________
                                                                      I                                             I                                              I
                                                                      I                                             I                                              I
                                                                      I                                    ALEXIOS  I                             DAVID
                                                                      I                             Emperor of Trebizond;             of Heracleum
                                                                      I                             m. Theodora Laskaris;
                                                                      I                                 [20 Grand Komnenos
                                                                      I                                    Emperors follow.]
                                                                      I
                                                                      I
                                       EMMANOUIL  Laskaris Komnenos
                                                     Panhypersebastos
                                                                      I
                                                                      I
                          ________________________________________________________
                          I                                                                I                                                            I
                          I                                                                I                                                            I
           KONSTANTINOS                                    THEODOROS                                     EMMANOUIL
           Emperor (1204-1206)                                 The Restorer of the                             Caesar and General
                                                                             Empire (1206-1222)                                              I
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                                                                                          I                                              KONSTANTINOS
                                                                                          I                                                 Prince of Epirus
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            KONSTANTINOS  XII                                         EIRENE                                           I
                   Aetidius                                             Empress m. IOANNES  III                            I
                   Emperor                                     the Saint, Laskaris Doukas Vatatzes                   I
                                                                                            (1222-1254)                                            I
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                                                     _____________________ I                                 EMMANOUIL  II
                                                     I                                                                                 Count of Cefalonia
                                                     I                                                                               Inheritor of the Empire
                                      THEODOROS  II                                                                                 I
                                       The Philosopher                                                                                                               I
                                     Empertor (1254-1258)                                                                                 I
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