Heraclius Constantine

Heraclius Constantine
Emperor of the Romans
Solidus of Heraclius Constantine (right) with his father Heraclius (left)
Byzantine emperor
Reign11 February – 25 May 641
PredecessorHeraclius
SuccessorHeraclonas
Co-emperorHeraclonas
Born3 May 612[1]
Died25 May 641[a] (aged 29)
Chalcedon, Bithynia
(now Kadıköy, Istanbul)
SpouseGregoria
IssueConstans II
Theodosius
Manyanh
Names
Heraclius Constantinus[4]
Regnal name
Latin: Imperator Caesar Flavius Heraclius novus Constantinus Augustus
Greek: Αὐτοκράτωρ καῖσαρ Φλάβιος Ἡράκλειος νέος Κωνσταντῖνος αὐγουστος[5]
DynastyHeraclian
FatherHeraclius
MotherEudokia
ReligionChalcedonian Christianity

Heraclius Constantine (Latin: Heraclius novus Constantinus; Greek: Ἡράκλειος νέος Κωνσταντῖνος, translit. Hērákleios néos Kōnstantĩnos; 3 May 612 – 25 May 641), often enumerated as Constantine III, was one of the shortest reigning Byzantine emperors, ruling for three months in 641. He was the eldest son of Emperor Heraclius and his first wife Eudokia.

  1. ^ Chronicon Paschale, Olympiad 348 (trad. Micahel & Mary Whitby, 1989).
  2. ^ Grierson 1962, p. 48.
  3. ^ Franzius 2021.
  4. ^ PLRE, vol. III, 349–350, "Constantinus 38"
  5. ^ Rösch 1978, pp. 170.


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