Byzantium: Emperors

Byzantium: Emperors

• Leo I, Byzantine or East Roman emperor (457–74)
• Justin I, Byzantine emperor (518–27)
• Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (527–65)
• Theodora, Byzantine empress (527–48)
• Justin II, Byzantine emperor (565–78)
• Maurice, Byzantine emperor (582–602)
• Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (610–41)
• Constans II, Byzantine emperor (641–68)
• Constantine IV, Byzantine emperor (668–85)
• Justinian II, Byzantine emperor (685–95, 705–11)
• Leo III, Byzantine emperor (717–41)
• Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (741–75)
• Leo IV, Byzantine emperor (775–80)
• Constantine VI, Byzantine emperor (780–97)
• Irene, Byzantine empress (797–802)
• Nicephorus I, Byzantine emperor (802–11)
• Michael I, Byzantine emperor (811–13)
• Leo V, Byzantine emperor (813–20)
• Michael II, Byzantine emperor (820–29)
• Michael III, Byzantine emperor (842–67)
• Basil I, Byzantine emperor (867–86)
• Leo VI, Byzantine emperor (886–912)
• Constantine VII, Byzantine emperor (913–59)
• Romanus I, Byzantine emperor (usurper) (920–44)
• Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959–63)
• Nicephorus II (Nicephorus Phocas), Byzantine emperor (963–69)
• John I (John Tzimisces), Byzantine emperor (969–76)
• Basil II, Byzantine emperor (976–1025)
• Romanus III (Romanus Argyrus), Byzantine emperor (1028–34)
• Zoë, Byzantine empress (1028–50)
• Comnenus, family name of several Byzantine emperors in the 11th and 12th centuries
• Isaac I (Isaac Comnenus), Byzantine emperor (1057–59), first of the Comneni dynasty
• Romanus IV (Romanus Diogenes), Byzantine emperor (1068–71)
• Alexius I (Alexius Comnenus), Byzantine emperor (1081–1118)
• John II (John Comnenus), Byzantine emperor (1118–43)
• Manuel I (Manuel Comnenus), Byzantine emperor (1143–80)
• Alexius II, Byzantine emperor (1180–83)
• Andronicus I (Andronicus Comnenus), Byzantine emperor (1183–85)
• Isaac II (Isaac Angelus), Byzantine emperor (1185–95, 1203–04)
• Alexius III (Alexius Angelus), Byzantine emperor (1195–1203)
• Alexius IV, Byzantine emperor (1203–04)
• Alexius V (Alexius Ducas Mourtzouphlos), Byzantine emperor (1204)
• Baldwin I, first Latin emperor of Constantinople (1204–05)
• Theodore I, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1204–22)
• Robert of Courtenay, Latin emperor of Constantinople (1218–28)
• John III (John Ducas Vatatzes), Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1222–54)
• Theodore II, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1254–58)
• Baldwin II, last Latin emperor of Constantinople (1228–61)
• John IV (John Lascaris), Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1258–61)
• Michael VIII, Byzantine emperor (1261–82), first of the Palaeologus dynasty
• Andronicus II (Andronicus Palaeologus), Byzantine emperor (1282–1328)
• Andronicus III, Byzantine emperor (1328–41)
• John V (John Palaeologus), Byzantine emperor (1341–91)
• John VI (John Cantacuzene), Byzantine emperor (1347–54)
• John VII (John Palaeologus), Byzantine emperor (1390, 1399–1402)
• Manuel II, Byzantine emperor (1391–1425)
• John VIII, Byzantine emperor (1425–48)
• Constantine XI, last Byzantine emperor (1449–53)