Heraclonas
626 – 641 · Generation XIII · Emperor (r. 641) · Heraclian
Heraclonas (AD 626 – 641). Emperor (r. 641). Son of Heraclius and Martina. Made caesar in 632 and augustus in 638, he became sole ruler at fifteen when his half-brother died, with his mother Martina governing through him. The regime was besieged from the start: Egypt was falling to the Arab conquest, Martina’s support for monothelitism was resented, and many whispered that Constantine III had been poisoned – while others had never accepted the child of an uncle–niece marriage as legitimate at all. Forced first to accept his young nephew Constans II as co-emperor, he was overthrown by the general Valentinus in the autumn of 641. His nose was severed, and he was banished to Rhodes, where he probably died in 642.
One of 7 people of Heraclian (575–711) in this archive. The house that met the Arab conquests and made Greek the language of the empire.
Line of descent: Heraclius the Elder → Heraclius → Heraclonas.
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Siblings
- Heraclius Constantine (612 – 641) (half)
- David Tiberius (630 – ?)