Constantine most often refers to: *

Constantine the Great Constantine I (27 February 27222 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He played a Constantine the Great and Christianity, pivotal ro ...

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

Constantine, Algeria Constantine (), 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 honour of Emperor Constantine the Great. Located somewh ...

, 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 (; 316–340) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. The son of the emperor Constantine I, he was proclaimed Caesar (title), ''caesar'' by his father shortly after his birth. He was associated with military victories over the Sarmatia ...

* Constantine III (Western Roman emperor) *

Constantine III (Byzantine emperor) Heraclius Constantine (; ; 3 May 612 – 25 May 641), often enumerated as Constantine III, was one of the shortest reigning Byzantine emperors, ruling for three months in 641. He was the eldest son of Emperor Heraclius and his first wife Fabi ...

Constantine IV Constantine IV (); 650 – 10 July 685), called the Younger () and often incorrectly the Bearded () out of confusion with Constans II, his father, was Byzantine emperor from 668 to 685. His reign saw the first serious check to nearly 50 years ...

Constantine V Constantine V (; 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 military leader, Constantine took advantage of Third Fitna, civil war ...

Constantine VI Constantine VI (, 14 January 771 – before 805), sometimes called the Blind, was Byzantine emperor from 780 to 797. The only child of Emperor Leo IV, Constantine was named co-emperor with him at the age of five in 776 and succeeded him as sol ...

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

Porphyrogenitus *

Constantine VIII Constantine VIII (;Also called Porphyrogenitus (), although the epithet is almost exclusively used for Constantine VII. 960 – 11/12 November 1028) was ''de jure'' Byzantine emperor from 962 until his death. He was the younger son of Empe ...

Constantine IX Monomachos Constantine IX Monomachos (; 980/ 1000 – 11 January 1055) reigned as Byzantine emperor from June 1042 to January 1055. Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita chose him as a husband and co-emperor in 1042, although he had been exiled for conspiring agai ...

Constantine X Doukas Constantine X Doukas or Ducas (; – 23 May 1067), was Byzantine emperor from 1059 to 1067. He was the founder of the Doukid dynasty. During his reign, the Normans took over much of the remaining Byzantine territories in Italy, while in the ...

Constantine XI Palaiologos Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus (; 8 February 140429 May 1453) was the last reigning List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine emperor from 23 January 1449 until his death in battle at the fall of Constantinople on 29 M ...

Emperors not enumerated

* Tiberius II, reigned officially as "Constantine" *

Constans II Constans II (; 7 November 630 – 15 July 668), also called "the Bearded" (), was the Byzantine emperor from 641 to 668. Constans was the last attested emperor to serve as Roman consul, consul, in 642, although the office continued to exist unti ...

, reigned officially as "Constantine" *

Constantine (son of Leo V) Symbatios (, from the Armenian ''Սմբատ''), variously also Sabbatios (Σαββάτιος; Sabbátios) or Sambates (Σαμβάτης; Sambatēs) in some sources, was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor Leo V the Armenian (). Soon after th ...

Constantine (son of Theophilos) Constantine (, 820s or 830s – before 836) was an infant prince of the Amorian dynasty who briefly ruled as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire sometime in the 830s, alongside his father Theophilos. Most information about Constantine's sho ...

* Constantine (son of Basil I) *

Constantine Lekapenos Constantine Lekapenos or Lecapenus () was the third son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (), and co-emperor from 924 to 945. With his elder brother Stephen, he deposed Romanos I in December 944, but was overthrown and exiled by the c ...

* Constantine Doukas (co-emperor) *

Constantine Laskaris Constantine Laskaris () 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. Early years Constantine Laskaris was born of ...

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Other rulers

Constantine I, Prince of Armenia Constantine I or Kostandin I (; 1035–1040 – 1100) was the second lord of Armenian Cilicia from 1095 to until about 1099. Early years He was the son of Roupen I. Constantine began leading the troops during 1090. The mastery of this moun ...

Constantine II, Prince of Armenia Constantine II (), also Kostandin II, (unknown – after February 17, 1129) was the fourth lord of Armenian Cilicia (1129/1130). The ''Chronique Rimée de la Petite Arménie'' (“The Rhymed Chronicle of Armenia Minor”) of Vahram of Edessa re ...

Constantine I, King of Armenia Constantine I (, Western Armenian transliteration Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus '' trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → and ...

, also called Constantine III *

Constantine II, King of Armenia Constantine II (), (also Constantine IV; Western Armenian transliteration: ''Gosdantin''; died 17 April 1344), born Guy de Lusignan, was elected the first Latin Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, King of Armenian Cilicia of the Poitiers-Lusignan dyn ...

, also called Constantine IV *

Constantine III, King of Armenia Constantine III (also Constantine V; ; , Western Armenian transliteration: ''Gosdantin'' or ''Kostantine''; 17 April 1313 – 21 December 1362) was the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, King of Armenian Cilicia from 1344 to 1362. He was the son of ...

, also called Constantine V *

Constantine IV, King of Armenia Constantine IV (also Constantine VI; , 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 of Hethum I of Armenia ...

, also called Constantine VI *

Constantine of Baberon Constantine of Baberon (; died ) was a powerful Armenian noble of the Het‛umid family. He was the son of Vassag and the father of Hethum I, King of Armenia, King Het‛um I, who ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1226 to 1270. Constant ...

, 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 (; 1399 – 26 August 1468) was Emperor of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty who ruled under the regnal name Qostantinos I (; "Constantine"). He is known for the Geʽez literature that flourished during his reign, th ...

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

Eskender Eskender (, "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 Emperor Baeda Maryam I by ...

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

Constantine II of Greece Constantine II (, ; 2 June 1940 – 10 January 2023) was the last King of Greece, reigning from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973. Constantine was born in Athens as the only son of Crown Prince Paul and ...

* 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 lifeti ...

* Constantine III of Scotland * Constantine I of Cagliari * Constantine II of Cagliari * Constantine III of Gallura * Constantine I of Torres *

Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria Constantine I Tih () 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 nearby Byzantine Empire disintegrated into rump states. To strengthen his position, he for ...

Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia Konstantin Pavlovich (; ) was a grand duke of Russia and the second son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. He was the heir-presumptive for most of his elder brother Alexander I's reign, but had secretly renounced his c ...

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 g ...

* Constantine I of Georgia * Constantine II of Georgia * Constantine I of Imereti * Constantine II of Imereti * Constantine I of Kakheti * Constantine II of Kakheti *

Constantine Mavrocordatos Constantine Mavrocordatos (Greek language, Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Μαυροκορδάτος, Romanian language, Romanian: ''Constantin Mavrocordat''; February 27, 1711November 23, 1769) was a Greeks, Greek noble who served as List of rul ...

Constantine Ypsilantis Constantine Ypsilantis ( ''Konstantinos Ypsilantis''; ; 1760 – 24 June 1816) was the son of Alexander Ypsilantis, a key member of an important Phanariote family, Grand Dragoman of the Porte (1796–1799), hospodarEast, ''The Union of Molda ...

Constantine (Briton) Constantine (, , 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, who castigat ...

, king in sub-Roman Britain * Constantine of Strathclyde, supposed king of Strathclyde

Religious leaders

* Constantine I of Constantinople * Constantine II of Constantinople *

Constantine III of Constantinople Constantine III of Constantinople (; died 9 or 10 August 1063) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1059 until his death in 1063. Born in Constantinople, he was a fellow student of Michael Psellus and John Xiphilinus. He rose t ...

* Constantine IV of Constantinople * Constantine V of Constantinople * Constantine VI of Constantinople * Pope Constantine * Antipope Constantine II

Other people

Constantine (British saint) Saint Constantine is the name of one or many British (historic), British or Picts, 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 ...

, several obscure saints * Constantine of Preslav, a medieval Bulgarian scholar * Constantine or Causantín, Earl of Fife (fl. 1095–1128), a Scottish nobleman * Constantine Stilbes (fl. 1070–1220), a Byzantine clergyman and poet *

Constantine the African Constantine the African, (; 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 coastal town of Salerno, h ...

(c. 1020–1087), a Tunisian doctor * Constantine the Jew (d. c. 886), Byzantine monk * Constantine-Silvanus (also called Silvanus), founder of the Paulicians *

Saint Cyril the Philosopher Cyril (; born Constantine, 826–869) and Methodius (; born Michael, 815–885) were brothers, Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs". They are c ...

, whose original name was Constantine

Fiction

John Constantine John Constantine (), also known as Hellblazer, is an antihero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, and John Totleben, and first appeared in ''Swamp Thing'' #37 (June 1985). I ...

, a fictional character appearing in the 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 *Constantine, the main antagonist of the film '' Muppets Most Wanted''

Places

Algeria

, the nation's third largest city and capital of Constantine Province * Constantine Province, surrounding the city of the same name * Beylik of Constantine, an administrative unit of the

Regency of Algiers The Regency of Algiers was an Early modern period, early modern semi-independent Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman province and nominal Tributary states of the Ottoman Empire, vassal state on the Barbary Coast of North Afr ...

* Constantine (departement), similar area during French Algeria

Serbia

* Constantine the Great Airport, Niš, Serbia

Switzerland

* Constantine, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Vaud

United Kingdom

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

United States

* Constantine, Michigan, a village in St. Joseph county

Other uses

* Order of Constantine * ''Constantine'' (album), a 2007 album by Constantine Maroulis * ''Constantine'', a 2020 album by 40 Glocc * Constantine, a frog character who resembles Kermit the Frog and is the foremost criminal in the 2014 film '' Muppets Most Wanted''