Ka cika wannan jumla: Da yake shi ɗan iyalin Aspietes ne, ɗan asalin Armenia, mai yiwuwa Constantine dangi ne na kusa na Michael Aspietes, sanannen janar da aka kashe a shekara ta 1176. Kamar ɗan'uwansa, Constantine ma ya yi suna a lokacin yaƙin Manuel I Komnenos da 'yan Hungary a shekara ta 1167. Ɗan tarihi John Kinnamos ya rubuta cewa yana riƙe da matsayin "sebastos". An sake rubuta shi a matsayin mai aiki a cikin 1190/1, yayin ƙoƙarin Byzantine don murkushe Bulgarian <unk> Vlach
'Yan'uwan Peter da Ivan Asen sun yi tawaye. Wani ɗan tarihi mai suna Niketas Choniates ya rubuta cewa, don ya ƙarfafa sojojinsa kuma ya ƙarfafa su, Aspietes ya yanke shawarar ba su albashin da suka rage a shekara. Wannan aikin, duk da haka, ya fusata Sarkin sarakuna Isaac II Angelos, wanda ya ga a cikinsa kusan ƙoƙarin cin hanci da sojoji don tallafawa Aspietes don kawar da shi. Sarkin sarakuna ya kama Aspietes kuma ya makantar da shi, bayan haka ba a san shi ba. Wataƙila ya mutu a farkon ƙarni na 13.