Constantine
Overview
- Constantine (name)Constantine (name)Constantine is a masculine given name and surname which is derived from the Latin name Constantinus, a hypocoristic of the first names Constans and Constantius, both meaning "constant, steadfast" in Latin. The names are the Latin equivalents of the Greek name Eustáthios, meaning the same...
, a given name and surname - Constantine IConstantine IConstantine the Great , also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Well known for being the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, Constantine and co-Emperor Licinius issued the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed religious tolerance of all...
, Roman Emperor from 306 to 337, commonly known as Constantine the Great
It may also refer to:
Roman/Byzantine Emperors
- Constantine II (emperor)Constantine II (emperor)Constantine II , was Roman Emperor from 337 to 340. Co-emperor alongside his brothers, his short reign saw the beginnings of conflict emerge between the sons of Constantine the Great, and his attempt to exert his perceived rights of primogeniture ended up causing his death in a failed invasion of...
- Constantine III (western emperor)
- Constantine III (Byzantine emperor)
- Constantine IVConstantine IVConstantine IV , , sometimes incorrectly called Pogonatos, "the Bearded", by confusion with his father; was Byzantine emperor from 668 to 685...
- Constantine VConstantine VConstantine V was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775; ); .-Early life:...
- Constantine VI
- Constantine VIIConstantine VIIConstantine VII Porphyrogennetos or Porphyrogenitus, "the Purple-born" was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, reigning from 913 to 959...
Porphyrogenitus - Constantine VIIIConstantine VIIIConstantine VIII was reigning Byzantine emperor from December 15, 1025 until his death. He was the son of the Emperor Romanos II and Theophano, and the younger brother of the eminent Basil II, who died childless and thus left the rule of the Byzantine Empire in his hands.-Family:As...
- Constantine IX MonomachosConstantine IX MonomachosConstantine IX Monomachos, Latinized as Constantine IX Monomachus , c. 1000 – January 11, 1055, reigned as Byzantine emperor from June 11, 1042 to January 11, 1055. He had been chosen by the Empress Zoe as a husband and co-emperor in 1042, although he had been exiled for conspiring...
- Constantine X Doukas
- Constantine XI Palaiologos Dragases
Other rulers
- Constantine I, Prince of Armenia
- Constantine II, Prince of Armenia
- Constantine I, King of Armenia, also called Constantine III
- Constantine II, King of Armenia, also called Constantine IV
- Constantine III, King of Armenia, also called Constantine V
- Constantine IV, King of Armenia, also called Constantine VI
- Constantine of BaberonConstantine of BaberonConstantine of Baberon was a powerful Armenian noble of the Hetoumids family. He was the son of Vassag, the maternal uncle of king Levon I of Armenia...
, regent of Zabel, and father of Hetoum I of Armenia, 13th century - Constantine I (or Kuestantinos I) of Ethiopia, also known as Zara YaqobZara YaqobZar'a Ya`qob or Zera Yacob was of Ethiopia , and a member of the Solomonic dynasty...
- Constantine II (or Kuestantinos II) of Ethiopia, also known as EskenderEskenderEskender was of Ethiopia , and a member of the Solomonic dynasty...
- Constantine I of GreeceConstantine I of GreeceConstantine I was King of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, in which Greece won Thessaloniki and doubled in...
- Constantine II of GreeceConstantine II of Greece|align=right|Constantine II was King of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973, the sixth and last monarch of the Greek Royal Family....
- Constantín mac Fergusa, or Constantin of the Picts
- Constantín mac Cináeda, or Constantine I of Scotland
- Constantine I of ArboreaConstantine I of ArboreaConstantine I was the giudice of Arborea. He was the son of Gonario II and Elena de Orrubu. The dates of his reign are unknown, but he was probably in power at the turn of the 12th century. It was probably dominated by wars between Genoa and Pisa which lasted from 1118 to 1133.Constantine...
- Constantine II of ScotlandConstantine II of ScotlandConstantine, son of Áed was an early King of Scotland, known then by the Gaelic name Alba. The Kingdom of Alba, a name which first appears in Constantine's lifetime, was in northern Great Britain...
- Constantine III of ScotlandConstantine III of ScotlandConstantine, son of Cuilén , known in most modern regnal lists as Constantine III, was king of Scots from 995 to 997...
- Constantine I of CagliariConstantine I of CagliariConstantine I was the giudice of Cagliari. He was the son of the giudice Orzocco Torchitorio and giudicessa Vera. In the eleventh century, the throne of Cagliari traditionally passed between the houses of Torchitorio de Ugunale and Salusio de Lacon. Constantine took the name Salusio II upon his...
- Constantine II of CagliariConstantine II of CagliariConstantine II was the giudice of Cagliari . He was called de Pluminus after his capital city....
- Constantine III of GalluraConstantine III of GalluraConstantine III , possibly a son of Ittocorre, succeeded Comita Spanu as giudice of Gallura in 1146 and reigned until 1161, when he retired from the world as a monk...
- Constantine I of TorresConstantine I of TorresConstantine I was the giudice of Logudoro. He was co-ruling by 1082 and sole ruler by 1113. His reign is usually said to have begun about 1112.He was the son of Marianus I, with whom he co-reigned, and Susanna de Thori.-1113/1115:...
- Constantine Tikh of BulgariaConstantine Tikh of BulgariaConstantine I , which includes the shortened form of the name of his father as a patronymic), ruled as emperor of Bulgaria from 1257 to 1277....
- Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of RussiaGrand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of RussiaConstantine Pavlovich was a grand duke of Russia and the second son of Emperor Paul I. He was the Tsesarevich of Russia throughout the reign of his elder brother Alexander I, but had secretly renounced his claim to the throne in 1823...
- Constantine DragašConstantine DragasConstantine Dragaš Dejanović was a Serbian magnate that ruled the area around Kyustendil from 1378, during the fall of the Serbian Empire, until his death on May 17, 1395 at the battle of Rovine...
- Constantine I of GeorgiaConstantine I of GeorgiaConstantine I was King of Georgia from 1407 to 1411 .He was the elder son of King Bagrat V of Georgia by his second wife, Anna of Trebizond. His maternal grandparents were Alexios III of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene....
- Constantine II of GeorgiaConstantine II of GeorgiaConstantine II , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Georgia since 1478. Early in the 1490s, he had to recognise the independence of his rival rulers of Imereti and Kakheti, and to confine his power to Kartli....
- Constantine I of ImeretiConstantine I of ImeretiConstantine I of Imereti , from the House of Bagrationi, was king of the western Georgian kingdom of Imereti from 1293 to 1327....
- Constantine MavrocordatosConstantine MavrocordatosConstantine Mavrocordatos was a Greek noble who served as Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia at several intervals...
- Constantine YpsilantisConstantine YpsilantisConstantine Ypsilantis , was the son of Alexander Ypsilanti, a key member of an important Phanariote family, Grand dragoman of the Porte , hospodar of Moldavia and Walachia , and a Prince through marriage to the daughter of Alexandru Callimachi.-The Liberation of Greece from the Ottoman...
- Tiberius II ConstantineTiberius II ConstantineTiberius II Constantine was Byzantine Emperor from 574 to 582.During his reign, Tiberius II Constantine gave away 7,200 pounds of gold each year for four years....
- Constantine (Briton)Constantine (Briton)Constantine was a minor king in 6th-century sub-Roman Britain, who was remembered in later British tradition as a legendary King of Britain. The only contemporary information about him comes from Gildas, who calls him king of Damnonia and castigates him for his various sins, including the murder...
, king in sub-Roman Britain - Constantine of Strathclyde, supposed king of Strathclyde
Religious leaders
- Patriarch Constantine I of ConstantinoplePatriarch Constantine I of ConstantinopleConstantine I was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 675 to 677..- References :...
- Patriarch Constantine II of ConstantinoplePatriarch Constantine II of ConstantinopleConstantine II was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 754 to 766. He was deposed and jailed after the discovery of an iconophile plot against Emperor Constantine V in June 766. In autumn 767, he was paraded through the Hippodrome of Constantinople, and finally beheaded....
- Patriarch Constantine III of ConstantinoplePatriarch Constantine III of ConstantinopleConstantine III Leichoudes was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1059 to 1063.Born in Constantinople, he was a fellow student of Michael Psellos and John Xiphilinus. He rose to high court offices: appointed protovestiarios, he later became proedros of the Senate and was one of the...
- Patriarch Constantine IV of Constantinople
- Patriarch Constantine V of ConstantinoplePatriarch Constantine V of ConstantinopleConstantine V was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1897 to 1901. His secular name was Konstantinos Valiadis and he was born in 1833 at Vessa, on the island of Chios.-References:...
- Patriarch Constantine VI of ConstantinoplePatriarch Constantine VI of ConstantinopleConstantine VI was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from December 17, 1924 till January 30, 1925, for 43 days. He served as a locum tenens following the death of Patriarch Gregory VII in 1924....
- Pope ConstantinePope ConstantinePope Constantine was pope from 708 to 715. With the exception of Antipope Constantine, he was the only pope to take such a "quintessentially" Eastern name of an emperor...
- Antipope Constantine IIAntipope Constantine IIAntipope Constantine II was an antipope in 767 and 768.He was born in Nepi near Viterbo, a scion, along with his three brothers, of noble Roman family....
Other
- Saint Cyril the Philosopher, whose original name was Constantine
- Constantine or Causantín, Earl of FifeCausantín, Earl of FifeCausantín of Fife is the first man we know for certain to have been Mormaer of Fife. Causantín's floruit can be placed between 1095 and 1128. Very little is known about his life and reign as Mormaer of Fife. His father, for instance, is not known by name...
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Quotations
I guess there's a plan for all of us. I had to die … twice … just to figure that out. Like the book says, he works his work in a mysterious ways. Some people like it … some people don't.
Angels and Demons can't cross over into our plane. So instead we get what I call half-breeds. The influence peddlers. They can only whisper in our ears. A single word can give you courage, or turn your favorite pleasure into your worst nightmare. Those with the demon's touch and those part angel, living alongside us. They call it the balance. I call it hypocritical bullshit.
[Flips off demon] For your boss.
[Whispering into the ear of a possessed girl] This is Constantine. John Constantine, asshole.
[Speaking to God] I know I'm not one of your favorites, and I'm not welcomed in your house, but I could use a little attention, please.
[Constantine traps a spider under a cigarette-smoke filled glass] Welcome to my life.
Heaven and hell are right here, behind every wall, every window, the world behind the world. And we're smack in the middle.
You don't need His protection. It'll be just like the old days.
[As Midnite holds him up against a wall] Is this neutral? Bullshit! You're the only one playing by the rules, Midnite. And while you've been imitating Switzerland, people are dying. [Midnite lets him slump to the ground] Two hundred dollar shirt, by the way.
[After punching Gabriel in the face, knocking her down] It's called pain. Get used to it.