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Flavius Valerius Constantius ( c. 250 – 25 July 306), also called Constantius I, was a Roman emperor from 305 to 306. He was one of the four original members of the Tetrarchy established by Diocletian, first serving as caesar from 293 to 305 and then ruling as augustus until his death. Constantius was also father of Constantine the Great, the ...
Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus ( Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos; 8 February 1404 – 29 May 1453) was the last Roman (Byzantine) emperor, reigning from 1449 until his death in battle at the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Constantine's ...
The eldest son of Constans II and Fausta, daughter of patrician Valentinus, [7] Constantine IV had been named a co-emperor with his father in 654, almost certainly in Easter (13 April). [8]. His year of birth is unknown, [9] but it's often given as c. 650.
Feb 23, 2024 · Constantine II (born 316, Arelate, Viennensis [now Arles, France]—died 340) was a Roman emperor from 337 to 340. The second son of Constantine the Great (ruled 306–337), he was given the title of caesar by his father on March 1, 317. When Constantine the Great died in 337, Constantine II and his brothers, Constans and Constantius II, each ...
A rumor that Martina had him poisoned led first to the imposition of Constans II as co-emperor and then to the deposition, mutilation, and banishment of Martina and her sons. Family. In 629 or 630, Constantine married Gregoria, the daughter of Niketas. They had two sons, and perhaps a daughter: Constans II, who succeeded as emperor
Manuel II Palaiologos or Palaeologus ( Greek: Μανουὴλ Παλαιολόγος, romanized : Manouēl Palaiológos; 27 June 1350 – 21 July 1425) was Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425. Shortly before his death he was tonsured a monk and received the name Matthew. His wife Helena Dragaš saw to it that their sons, John VIII and ...
Constans II (died 411) was the son of Western Roman emperor Constantine III, and served as his co-emperor from 409 to 411. Constans was a monk prior to his father being acclaimed emperor by the army in Britain in early 407, an act of rebellion against the ruling emperor Honorius. He was summoned to Gaul, appointed to the position of caesar ...