Constantine VI (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος; Latin: Constantinus, 14 January 771 – before 805), sometimes called the Blind, was Byzantine emperor from 780 to 797...
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Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 until 797, and finally empress...
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surname Constantine II (emperor) Constantine III (Western Roman emperor) Constantine III (Byzantine emperor) Constantine IV Constantine V Constantine VI Constantine...
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Constantine VI (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος ΣΤʹ; 1859 – 28 November 1930) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 17 December 1924 till 22 May 1925. He...
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Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty (section Constantine VI and the regency of Irene, 780–797)
Emperor Leo IV and Irene, Constantine VI was crowned co-emperor by his father in 776. Leo's premature death in 780 left Constantine as sole emperor at the...
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Romanus married his daughter to Constantine, and their son became emperor as Romanos II on Constantine's death in 959. Leo VI was a prolific writer, and he...
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sons not born "in the purple". Constantine was born in Constantinople on 17/18 May 905, an illegitimate son of Leo VI before an uncanonical fourth marriage...
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succeeded by his underage son Constantine VI, with Irene serving as regent. Leo IV was born on 25 January 750 AD, to Emperor Constantine V and his first wife,...
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Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos; 8 February 1404...
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Heraclius Constantine (Latin: Heraclius novus Constantinus; Greek: Ἡράκλειος νέος Κωνσταντῖνος, translit. Hērákleios néos Kōnstantĩnos; 3 May 612 – 25...
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Constantine IV (also Constantine VI; Armenian: Կոստանդին, Western Armenian transliteration: Gosdantin or Kostantine; died 1373) was the King of Armenian...
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eventually becoming imperial secretary (asekretis) to the Emperor Constantine VI and his mother, the Empress Irene. Originally he embraced Iconoclasm...
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Constantine I (27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor...
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Constantine X Doukas or Ducas (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δούκας, Kōnstantinos X Doukas, c. 1006 – 23 May 1067), was Byzantine emperor from 1059 to 1067. He...
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Constantine II (Latin: Flavius Claudius Constantinus; 316 – 340) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. Son of Constantine the Great and co-emperor alongside...
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agreed to betroth his daughter Rotrude to Irene's son, the Emperor Constantine VI. Hildegard also gave birth to her eighth child, Gisela during this trip...
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Constantine VIII (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, Kōnstantinos; 960 – 11/12 November 1028) was de jure Byzantine emperor from 962 until his death. He was the younger...
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Constantine IX Monomachos (Medieval Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Μονομάχος, romanized: Kōnstantinos Monomachos; c. 980/c. 1000 – 11 January 1055) reigned as Byzantine...
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Staurakios (eunuch) (section Clash with Constantine VI)
acted as chief minister during her regency for her young son, Emperor Constantine VI (r. 780–797) in 780–790, until overthrown and exiled by a military revolt...
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related to John VI Kantakouzenos. Demetrios Kydones List of Byzantine emperors His entry into the city later formed the subject of Constantine Cavafy's poem...
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the monastery and dedicated himself to silence. Also in 794, Emperor Constantine VI (r. 776–797) decided to separate from his first wife, Maria of Amnia...
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Constans II (redirect from Constantine II of Byzantine)
630 in Constantinople, the Byzantine capital, to Gregoria and Constantine III. Constantine was a son of Emperor Heraclius, while his mother Gregoria was...
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is first encountered in the Byzantine sources in 791, when Emperor Constantine VI embarked on an expedition against Bulgaria, in retaliation for Bulgarian...
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Constantine V (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, translit. Kōnstantīnos; Latin: Constantinus; July 718 – 14 September 775) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. His...
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Tiberius II Constantine (Latin: Tiberius Cōnstantīnus; Greek: Τιβέριος Κωνσταντῖνος, translit. Tibérios Kōnstantĩnos; died 14 August 582) was Eastern...
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Michael VI (Greek: Μιχαήλ; Latin: Mihael), surnamed Bringas (Greek: Βρίγγας) and called Stratiotikos or Stratioticus ("the Military One", "the Warlike"...
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was fought in 792 between the forces of the Byzantine Empire, led by Constantine VI, and those of the First Bulgarian Empire under Kardam. The Byzantines...
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Constantine IV (Latin: Constantinus; Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, translit. Kōnstantînos; c. 650 – 10 July 685), called the Younger (Latin: iunior; Greek: ὁ νέος...
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Constantine III (Latin: Flavius Claudius Constantinus; died shortly before 18 September 411) was a common Roman soldier who was declared emperor in Roman...
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rebels who claimed the imperial title. The following list starts with Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, who rebuilt the city of Byzantium...
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