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Byzantine Emperors

Arcadius 395 to Constantine XI 1453; co emperors who never ruled alone are flagged in their notes

Solid gold line: parent and child. Dotted grey line: succeeded in office. Dashed gold: the relationship is disputed.

ArcadiusEmperorArtabasdosEmperordisputedTheodosius IIEmperorMarcianEmperorLeo IEmperorMarcia EuphemiaAugustaAriadneAugustaLeo IIEmperorBasiliscusEmperordisputedZenoEmperorJustin IEmperorAnastasius IEmperorJustinian IEmperorJustin IIEmperorTiberius IIEmperorMauriceEmperorPhocasEmperorHeracliusEmperorConstantine IIIEmperorHeraclonasEmperorConstans IIEmperorConstantine IVEmperorTiberius IIIEmperorJustinian IIEmperorLeontiusEmperorPhilippicusEmperorAnastasius IIEmperorTheodosius IIIEmperorLeo IIIEmperorConstantine VEmperorLeo IVEmperorConstantine VIEmperorNikephoros IEmperorIrene of AthensEmpressStaurakiosEmperorMichael I RangabeEmperorLeo VEmperorMichael IIEmperorTheophilosEmperorBasil IEmperorLeo VIEmperordisputedAlexanderEmperorRomanos I LekapenosEmperorConstantine VIIEmperorNikephoros II PhokasEmperorRomanos IIEmperorJohn I TzimiskesEmperorBasil IIEmperorConstantine VIIIEmperorRomanos III ArgyrosEmperorZoeEmpressMichael IVEmperorMichael IIIEmperorMichael VIEmperorConstantine IX MonomachosEmperorMichael VEmperorTheodoraEmpressIsaac I KomnenosEmperorConstantine X DoukasEmperorEudokia MakrembolitissaEmpressRomanos IV DiogenesEmperorMichael VII DoukasEmperorNikephoros III BotaneiatesEmperorAlexios I KomnenosEmperorJohn II KomnenosEmperorManuel I KomnenosEmperorAlexios II KomnenosEmperorAndronikos I KomnenosEmperorIsaac II AngelosEmperorAlexios III AngelosEmperorAlexios IV AngelosEmperorAlexios V DoukasEmperorTheodore I LaskarisEmperorJohn III Doukas VatatzesEmperorTheodore II LaskarisEmperorJohn IV LaskarisEmperorMichael VIII PalaiologosEmperorAndronikos II PalaiologosEmperorMichael IX PalaiologosCo emperorAndronikos III PalaiologosEmperorJohn VI KantakouzenosEmperordisputedJohn V PalaiologosEmperorMatthew KantakouzenosCo emperorAndronikos IV PalaiologosEmperordisputedManuel II PalaiologosEmperorJohn VII PalaiologosEmperordisputedJohn VIII PalaiologosEmperorConstantine XI PalaiologosEmperor