Michael also concludes an alliance with Prince…
1258 CE
Michael also concludes an alliance with Prince William II Villehardouin of Achaea, giving his daughter Anna as a bride.
After the death of Theodore II in August 1258, Michael, his uncle Manuel, and William fight the new Nicaean emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, defeating a Nicaean army led by George Akropolites and overrunning the Nicaean possessions in Macedonia.