Solidus depicting Heraclonas (left), Heraclius (center) and Constantine III (right).[1]
Byzantine emperor
Reign
February – October/ November 641
Coronation
4 July 638
Predecessor
Heraclius Constantine
Successor
Constans II
Co-emperor
Constantine III (until May 641) Tiberius (October 641)
Born
626 Lazica
Died
642 (aged 15–16) Rhodes
Names
Heraclius[a]
Dynasty
Heraclian
Father
Heraclius
Mother
Martina
Religion
Chalcedonian Christianity
Heraclian dynasty
Chronology
Heraclius
610–641
with Constantine III (Heraclius)
613–641
Constantine III
641
with Heraclonas
641
Heraclonas
641
with Tiberius (David)
641
with Constans II
641
Constans II
641–668
with Constantine IV
654–668
with Heraclius
659–668
with Tiberius
659–668
Constantine IV
668–685
with Heraclius
668–681
with Tiberius
668–681
Justinian II
685–695
705–711
with Tiberius
706–711
Succession
Preceded by Justinian dynasty and Phocas
Followed by Twenty Years' Anarchy
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Heraclius (Greek: Ἡράκλειος, translit. Hērákleios; 626 – 642), known by the diminutive Heraclonas or Heracleonas (Greek: Ἡρακλ[ε]ωνᾶς), and sometimes called Heraclius II,[4][b] was briefly Byzantine emperor in 641.
Heraclonas was the son of Heraclius and his niece Martina. His father had stipulated in his will that both of his sons, Heraclonas and Constantine III, should rule jointly upon his death. Heraclius also specified that his wife, Martina, was to be called "Mother and Empress" insofar as she might have influence at court as well.[6] The emperor Heraclius died in February 641 from edema. When Martina made the late Emperor's will public she faced staunch resistance to her playing any active role in government, but both Heraclonas and Constantine were proclaimed joint-emperors in February 641 without incident. After Constantine died of tuberculosis in May 641, Heraclonas became sole emperor, under the regency of his mother due to his young age. He reigned until October or November 641, when he was overthrown by Valentinus, a general and usurper of Armenian extract, who installed Constans II, the son of Constantine III. Valentinus had Heraclonas' nose cut off, then exiled him to Rhodes, where he is believed to have died in the following year.
^Grierson 1992, p. 223–224.
^Grierson 1992, p. 289–401.
^Bates 1971.
^Grierson 1992, p. 389.
^Bussell 1910, pp. xii, 268.
^Ostrogorsky 1969, pp. 112–114.
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