Constantine most often refers to: *

Constantine the Great Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to convert to Christianity. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterran ...

, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I *

Constantine, Algeria Constantine ( ar, قسنطينة '), also spelled Qacentina or Kasantina, is the capital of Constantine Province in northeastern Algeria. During Roman times it was called Cirta and was renamed "Constantina" in honor of emperor Constantine the G ...

, a city in Algeria Constantine may also refer to:

People

Constantine (name) Constantine ( or ; Latin: ''Cōnstantīnus'', Greek: , ''Kōnstantînos'') is a masculine and feminine (in French for example) given name and surname which is derived from the Latin name ''Constantinus'', a hypocoristic of the first names Const ...

, a masculine given name and surname

Roman/Byzantine emperors

Constantine II (emperor) Constantine II ( la, Flavius Claudius Constantinus; February 316 – 340) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. Son of Constantine the Great and co-emperor alongside his brothers, his attempt to exert his perceived rights of primogeniture led to ...

Constantine III (Western Roman emperor) Constantine III (Latin: ''Flavius Claudius Constantinus'', died shortly before 18 September 411), was a Roman general who declared himself Western Roman Emperor in Britannia in 407 and established himself in Gaul. He was co-emperor from 409 ...

Constantine III (Byzantine emperor) Heraclius Constantine ( la, Heraclius novus Constantinus; grc-gre, Ἡράκλειος Κωνσταντῖνος, Herakleios Konstantinos; 3 May 612 – 25 May 641), often enumerated as Constantine III, was one of the shortest reigning Byzantine ...

Constantine IV Constantine IV ( la, Constantinus; grc-gre, Κωνσταντῖνος, Kōnstantînos; 650–685), called the Younger ( la, iunior; grc-gre, ὁ νέος, ho néos) and sometimes incorrectly the Bearded ( la, Pogonatus; grc-gre, Πωγων ...

Constantine V Constantine V ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντῖνος, Kōnstantīnos; la, Constantinus; July 718 – 14 September 775), was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. His reign saw a consolidation of Byzantine security from external threats. As an able ...

Constantine VI Constantine VI ( gr, Κωνσταντῖνος, ''Kōnstantinos''; 14 January 771 – before 805Cutler & Hollingsworth (1991), pp. 501–502) was Byzantine emperor from 780 to 797. The only child of Emperor Leo IV, Constantine was named co-emp ...

Constantine VII Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (; 17 May 905 – 9 November 959) was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959. He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife, Zoe ...

Porphyrogenitus *

Constantine VIII Constantine VIII Porphyrogenitus ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Πορφυρογέννητος, ''Kōnstantinos Porphyrogénnetos''; 960 – 11/12 November 1028) was '' de jure'' Byzantine emperor from 962 until his death. He was the youn ...

Constantine IX Monomachos Constantine IX Monomachos ( grc-x-medieval, Κωνσταντῖνος Μονομάχος, translit=Kōnstantinos IX Monomachos; 1004 – 11 January 1055), reigned as Byzantine emperor from June 1042 to January 1055. Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita ...

Constantine X Doukas Constantine X Doukas or Ducas ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Δούκας, ''Kōnstantinos X Doukas'', 1006 – 23 May 1067), was Byzantine emperor from 1059 to 1067. He was the founder and first ruling member of the Doukid dynasty. Dur ...

Constantine XI Palaiologos Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, ''Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos''; 8 February 1405 – 29 May 1453) was the last Roman (Byzantine) e ...

Emperors not enumerated

* Tiberius II, reigned officially as "Constantine" *

Constans II Constans II ( grc-gre, Κώνστας, Kōnstas; 7 November 630 – 15 July 668), nicknamed "the Bearded" ( la, Pogonatus; grc-gre, ὁ Πωγωνᾶτος, ho Pōgōnãtos), was the Eastern Roman emperor from 641 to 668. Constans was the last ...

, reigned officially as "Constantine" *

Constantine (son of Leo V) Symbatios ( el, Συμβάτιος, from the Armenian ''Smbat''), variously also Sabbatios (Σαββάτιος) or Sambates (Σαμβάτης) in some sources, was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor Leo V the Armenian (). Soon after the coro ...

Constantine (son of Theophilos) Constantine ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος, 831/834 – 835) was a short-lived prince and co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Life Constantine was the eldest son of Emperor Theophilos and Theodora. He had five sisters: Thekla, Anna, Anasta ...

Constantine (son of Basil I) Constantine ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντῖνος; born between 855 and , died 3 September 879) was a junior Byzantine emperor, alongside Basil I as the senior emperor, from January 868 to 3 September 879. His parentage is a matter of debate, but ...

Constantine Doukas (co-emperor) Constantine Doukas or Ducas ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας, ''Kōnstantinos Doukas'', 1074 – 1095) was Byzantine junior emperor from 1074 to 1078, and again from 1081 to 1087. He was born to Emperor Michael VII Doukas and Empre ...

Constantine Lekapenos Constantine Lekapenos or Lecapenus ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντῖνος Λακαπηνός, Kōnstantínos Lakapenós) was the third son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (), and co-emperor from 924 to 945. With his elder brother Steph ...

Constantine Laskaris Constantine Laskaris ( gr, Κωνσταντίνος Λάσκαρις) may have been Byzantine Emperor for a few months from 1204 to early 1205. He is sometimes called "Constantine XI", a numeral now usually reserved for Constantine Palaiologos. ...

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Other rulers

Constantine I, Prince of Armenia Constantine I or Kostandin I (1035–1040 – c. 1100) was the second lord of Armenian Cilicia or “Lord of the Mountains” (1095 – c. 1100). He ruled the greater part of the Taurus Mountain regions, while managing the towns and lands within ...

Constantine II, Prince of Armenia Constantine II ( hy, Կոստանդին Բ), also Kostandin II, (unknown – after February 17, 1129) was the fourth lord of Armenian Cilicia or “Lord of the Mountains” (1129/1130). The ''Chronique Rimée de la Petite Arménie'' (“The Rhym ...

Constantine I, King of Armenia Constantine I ( hy, Կոստանդին Ա, Western Armenian transliteration: ''Gosdantin'' or ''Kostantine'';) (also called Constantine III; 1278 – c. 1310) was briefly king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1298 to 1299. He was the s ...

, also called Constantine III *

Constantine II, King of Armenia Constantine II ( hy, Կոստանդին Բ), (also Constantine IV; Western Armenian transliteration: ''Gosdantin'' or ''Kostantine''; died 17 April 1344), born Guy de Lusignan, was elected the first Latin King of Armenian Cilicia of the Poit ...

, also called Constantine IV *

Constantine III, King of Armenia Constantine III (also Constantine V; french: Constantin V d'Arménie; hy, Կոստանդին, Western Armenian transliteration: ''Gosdantin'' or ''Kostantine''; April 17, 1313 – December 21, 1362) was the King of Armenian Cilicia from 134 ...

, also called Constantine V *

Constantine IV, King of Armenia Constantine IV (also Constantine VI; hy, Կոստանդին, Western Armenian transliteration: ''Gosdantin'' or ''Kostantine''; died 1373) was the King of Armenian Cilicia from 1362 until his death. He was the son of Hethum of Neghir, a nephew o ...

, also called Constantine VI *

Constantine of Baberon Constantine of Baberon (died c. 1263) was a powerful Armenian noble of the Het‛umid family. He was the son of Vassag and the father of King Het‛um I, who ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1226 to 1270. Constantine played a pivotal rol ...

, regent of Zabel, and father of Hetoum I of Armenia, 13th century * Constantine I (''or'' Kuestantinos I) of Ethiopia, also known as

Zara Yaqob Zara Yaqob ( Ge'ez: ዘርዐ ያዕቆብ; 1399 – 26 August 1468) was Emperor of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty who ruled under the regnal name Kwestantinos I (Ge'ez: ቈስታንቲኖስ, "Constantine"). He is known for t ...

* Constantine II (''or'' Kuestantinos II) of Ethiopia, also known as

Eskender Eskender ( gez, እስክንድር, "Alexander"; 15 July 1471 – 7 May 1494) was Emperor of Ethiopia and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His throne name was Kwestantinos II (Ge’ez: ቈስታንቲኖስ, "Constantine"). He was the son of Emp ...

Constantine I of Greece Constantine I ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Αʹ, ''Konstantínos I''; – 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army ...

Constantine II of Greece Constantine II ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Βʹ, ''Konstantínos II''; 2 June 1940) reigned as the last King of Greece, from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973. Constantine is the only son of King Paul a ...

* Constantine I of Arborea * Constantín mac Fergusa, or Constantin of the Picts * Constantín mac Cináeda, or Constantine I of Scotland *

Constantine II of Scotland Causantín mac Áeda ( Modern Gaelic: , anglicised Constantine II; born no later than 879; died 952) 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 lif ...

Constantine III of Scotland Constantine, son of Cuilén ( Middle Gaelic: ''Causantín mac Cuiléin''; Modern Gaelic: ''Còiseam mac Chailein''), known in most modern regnal lists as Constantine III (c. 970–997), was king of Scots from 995 to 997. He was the son of Kin ...

Constantine I of Cagliari Constantine IAlso ''Costantino'', ''Gosantine'', ''Goantine'', or ''Gantine''. 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 traditionall ...

Constantine II of Cagliari Constantine II (circa 1100 – 1163) was the giudice of Cagliari (as Salusio III from circa 1129). He was called ''de Pluminus'' after his capital city.The ''giudici'' of Cagliari had long abandoned that city when Constantine succeeded to the t ...

Constantine III of Gallura Constantine III (died between 1171 and 1173), possibly a son of Ittocorre, succeeded Comita Spanu as '' giudice'' of Gallura (northern Sardinia) in 1146 and reigned until 1161, when he retired from the world as a monk. He was the first Gallurese ...

Constantine I of Torres Constantine IAlso ''Costantino'', ''Gosantine'', ''Goantine'', or ''Gantine''. (c. 1064 – 1128) 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 ...

Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria Konstantin Tih ( bg, Константин Тих Асен) or Constantine I Tikh (Константин I), was the tsar of Bulgaria from 1257 to 1277, he was offered the throne from Mitso Asen. He led the Bulgarian Empire at a time when the nearb ...

* Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia *

Constantine Dragaš Constantine most often refers to: * Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I *Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria Constantine may also refer to: People * Constantine (name), a masculine given name ...

Constantine I of Georgia Constantine I ( ka, კონსტანტინე I, ) (died 1412) was King of Georgia from 1405 or 1407 until his death in 1412. He is the common ancestor of all surviving branches of the Bagrationi dynasty. Biography Constantine was the eld ...

Constantine II of Georgia Constantine II ( ka, კონსტანტინე II, tr) (c. 1447 – 1505), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a 23rd king and last of United Georgia from 1478 until his death. Early in the 1490s, he had to recognise the independence of h ...

Constantine I of Imereti Constantine I ( ka, კონსტანტინე I, ''Konstantine I''; died 1327), from the House of Bagrationi, was king of the western Georgian kingdom of Imereti from 1293 to 1327. Accession and civil war A son of the Georgian king ...

Constantine Mavrocordatos Constantine Mavrocordatos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Μαυροκορδάτος, Romanian: ''Constantin Mavrocordat''; February 27, 1711November 23, 1769) was a Greek noble who served as Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia at several ...

Constantine Ypsilantis Constantine Ypsilantis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Υψηλάντης ''Konstantinos Ypsilantis''; ro, Constantin Ipsilanti; 1760 – 24 June 1816), was the son of Alexander Ypsilantis, a key member of an important Phanariote family, G ...

Constantine (Briton) Constantine (, cy, Cystennin, fl. 520–523) was a 6th-century king of Dumnonia in 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, ...

, king in sub-Roman Britain *

Constantine of Strathclyde Constantine was reputedly the son and successor of King Riderch Hael of Alt Clut, the Brittonic kingdom later known as Strathclyde. (The modern English name of Alt Clut is Dumbarton Rock.) He appears only in the '' Life of St. Kentigern'' by Jo ...

, supposed king of Strathclyde

Religious leaders

Constantine I of Constantinople Constantine I (? – 9 August 677) was the patriarch of Constantinople from 675 to 677. He is listed as a saint, feast day July 29, on Wikipedia Eastern Orthodox Litúrgics. He was preceded by John V of Constantinople. He was succeeded by Theodo ...

Constantine II of Constantinople Constantine II (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, ''Kōnstantinos''), (? – 7 October 767) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 754 to 766. He had been ecumenically proceeded by Patriarch Anastasius of Constantinople. He was a s ...

Constantine III of Constantinople Constantine III Leichoudes ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Λειχούδης), (? – 9 August 1063) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1059 to 1063. Born in Constantinople, he was a fellow student of Michael Psellus and John ...

* Constantine IV of Constantinople *

Constantine V of Constantinople Constantine V ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Ε΄) (11 January 1833 – 27 February 1914) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1897 to 1901. His secular name was Konstantinos Valiadis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Βαλιάδης) ...

Constantine VI of Constantinople Constantine VI ( el, Κωνσταντίνος ΣΤʹ; 1859 – November 28, 1930) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from December 17, 1924 till May 22, 1925. He served as a ''locum tenens'' following the death of Patriarch Gregor ...

Pope Constantine Pope Constantine ( la, Constantinus; 6649 April 715) was the bishop of Rome from 25 March 708 to his death. One of the last popes of the Byzantine Papacy, the defining moment of Constantine's pontificate was his 710/711 visit to Constantinople w ...

Antipope Constantine II Antipope Constantine II (died c. 769) was a Roman prelate who claimed the papacy from 28 June 767 to 6 August 768. He was overthrown through the intervention of the Lombards and tortured before he was condemned and expelled from the Church during ...

Other people

Constantine (British saint) Saint Constantine is the name of one or many British or Pictish saints. Identification ;South-west Britain A Saint Constantine is revered in Devon and Cornwall. Based purely on similarity of a common name, some have identified him with the mon ...

, several obscure saints *

Constantine of Preslav Constantine of Preslav () was a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and translator, one of the most important men of letters working at the Preslav Literary School at the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century. Biographical eviden ...

, a medieval Bulgarian scholar * Constantine or Causantín, Earl of Fife (fl. 1095–1128), a Scottish nobleman *

Constantine Stilbes Constantine Stilbes ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Στιλβής, ) was a Byzantine rhetor and clergyman, and a prolific author of ecclesiastical treatises, letters, and poetry. Biography He was born in the mid-12th century and the date of his de ...

(fl. 1070–1220), a Byzantine clergyman and poet *

Constantine the African Constantine the African ( la, Constantinus Africanus; died before 1098/1099, Monte Cassino) was a physician who lived in the 11th century. The first part of his life was spent in Ifriqiya and the rest in Italy. He first arrived in Italy in the ...

(c. 1020–1087), a Tunisian doctor * Constantine the Jew (d. c. 886), Byzantine monk *

Constantine-Silvanus Constantine-Silvanus (died 684) was the founder of the Paulicians, a Christian movement in 7th century Armenia, who sought to return to the purity of the church in the time of Paul the Apostle. They were considered heretical by the Byzantine Chu ...

(also called Silvanus), founder of the Paulicians * Saint Cyril the Philosopher, whose original name was Constantine

Fictional characters

John Constantine John Constantine () is a fictional character who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Constantine first appeared in ''Swamp Thing'' #37 (June 1985), and was created by Alan Moore, Stephen R. Bissette, Rick Veitch, and John To ...

, a fictional character appearing in DC Comics franchise, including ''Hellblazer'' ** ''Constantine'' (comic book), a comic book series replacing the earlier ''Hellblazer'' ** ''Constantine'' (film), a 2005 American film based on the DC Comic book character from the ''Hellblazer'' series ** ''Constantine'' (video game), an action-adventure video game based on the film ** ''Constantine'' (TV series), a 2014 NBC TV series, based on the comic book ''Hellblazer'' ** '' Constantine: City of Demons'', a 2018 CW Seed animated web series

Places

Algeria

, the nation's third largest city and capital of Constantine Province *

Constantine Province Constantine ( ar, ولاية قسنطينة) is one of the 58 provinces ('' wilayas'') of Algeria, whose capital is the city of the same name. History In 1984 Mila Province was carved out of its territory. Administrative divisions The provin ...

, surrounding the city of the same name *

Beylik of Constantine The Beylik of Constantine ( ar, بايلك قسنطينة, Bâylik Qasentina), Beylik of the Sunrise or Beylik of the East ( ar, بيليك الشرق, Bâylik Ash-sharq or ) as was its official designation, was one of the three Beyliks of the ...

, an administrative unit of the

Regency of Algiers The Regency of Algiers ( ar, دولة الجزائر, translit=Dawlat al-Jaza'ir) was a state in North Africa lasting from 1516 to 1830, until it was conquered by the French. Situated between the regency of Tunis in the east, the Sultanate o ...

Constantine (departement) Constantine was a French ''département'' in Algeria which existed between 1848 and 1974. The area of the former department, centered on the city of Constantine, is also referred to as Constantinois ( ar, قسنطينة ''Qusanṭīnah''). His ...

, similar area during French Algeria

Serbia

Constantine the Great Airport Constantine most often refers to: * Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I * Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria Constantine may also refer to: People * Constantine (name), a masculine given n ...

, Niš, Serbia

Switzerland

Constantine, Switzerland Constantine is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the n ...

, a municipality in the canton of Vaud

United Kingdom

* Constantine Bay, near Padstow, Cornwall *

Constantine, Cornwall Constantine () ( kw, Lann Gostentin, meaning ''church enclosure of St Constantine'') is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately five miles (8 km) west-southwest of Falmouth. The el ...

, near Falmouth * Constantine College, York, a college of the University of York

United States

Constantine, Michigan Constantine is a village in St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,076 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Constantine Township. U.S. Highway 131 (Main Street in the village) leads to Kalamazoo to t ...

, a village in St. Joseph county

Other uses

* Order of Constantine * ''Constantine'' (album), a 2007 album by Constantine Maroulis * ''Constantine'', a 2020 album by

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* Constantine, a frog character who resembles Kermit the Frog and is the foremost criminal in the 2014 film ''

Muppets Most Wanted ''Muppets Most Wanted'' is a 2014 American musical crime comedy film and the eighth theatrical film featuring the Muppets. Directed by James Bobin and written by Bobin and Nicholas Stoller, the film is a sequel to ''The Muppets'' (2011) and sta ...