Ka kammala wannan magana: Duk da haka, ba da daɗewa ba bayan da aka sake shi, William ya karya rantsuwarsa ta aminci, kuma ya fara neman kawance da taimako daga ƙasashe daban-daban na Yamma. Bayan da gwamnan Byzantine na yankin ya sanar da ayyukan William, Michael VIII ya aika da rundunar soja a karkashin jagorancin ɗan'uwansa, Constantine, a kan William, amma ba a yi nasara ba, da farko an kori Byzantines a yakin Prinitza a 1263 sannan kuma, bayan da Constantine ya koma Constantinople, ya sha wahala babban nasara a
Yaƙin Makryplagi a shekara ta 1264.