The Branas family in the later 13th century held extensive estates around Smyrna in Anatolia , they seem to have returned fully into Byzantine society .
Theodore 's granddaughter Irene married into the imperial family of the Palaiologoi .
The Branas family in the later 13th century held extensive estates around Smyrna in Anatolia , they seem to have returned fully into Byzantine society and Theodore 's granddaughter Irene married into the imperial family of the Palaiologoi .