Teodoro Láscaris

After Eugenio's death in 1962, Teodoro continued his father's pretensions, claiming to be the titular Emperor of Constantinople[1] as Theodore IX Lascaris Comnenus, as well as the Grand Master of the Constantinian Order of Saint George.

[2][3] Láscaris, and several of his siblings, left Spain after the death of their father due to the numerous controversies the family had become embroiled in.

[4] Accompanied by his brothers Eugenio and Constantino,[2][5] Láscaris moved across the Atlantic and worked as a teacher in Latin America, teaching at universities in Costa Rica, Venezuela and Colombia.

[5] Láscaris propagated the idea that the Americas represent "New Byzantium" and the "Fourth Rome"; where Christian faith, Western thought and Greek civilization will continue to survive.

[1][3] After Teodoro's death in 2006, his son Eugenio (born on 10 October 1975) took the regnal name Eugene III Theodore Emmanuel Lascaris Comnenus, maintaining his family's claims.