Emperor Gaius Flavius Valerius Constantius 
Gaius Flavius Valerius was born on March 31st, 0250 in Illyricum. Gaius Flavius Valerius' father is Flavius Eutropius of Rome and his mother is Claudia Crispina. His paternal grandfather was Emperor Gordian Marcellus of Rome and his paternal grandmother is Fabia Orestilla; his maternal grandparents are Commodus Flavius Crispus and Aurelia Pompeiana. He had a brother named Constantinus Chlorus. He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 56 on July 25th, 0306 in Eboracum (York), Britain.General Notes
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Constantius' Early Life and Marriage
Born March 31st, Emperor Flavius Valerius Constantius may have come into the world ca. 250. His family was from Illyricum. In the army he served as a protector, tribunus, and a praeses Dalmatiarum. During the 270s or the 280s, he became the father of Constantine by Helena, his first spouse. By 288 he was the Praetorian Prefect of the western emperor Maximianus Herculius.[[1]]
Constantius' Reign as Caesar
Constantius I CHLORUS ("The Pale"), original name FLAVIUS VALERIUS CONSTANTIUS (d. summer 306, Eboracum, Britain [now York, North Yorkshire, Eng.]), Roman emperor and father of Constantine I the Great. As a member of a four-man ruling body (tetrarchy) created by the emperor Diocletian, Constantius held the title caesar from 293 to 305 and caesar augustus in 305-306.
Of Illyrian descent, Constantius had a distinguished military career before serving as governor of Dalmatia (in modern Croatia). In 289 he renounced his wife, Helena, mother of Constantine, and married Theodora, the stepdaughter of the emperor Maximian. Four years later Constantius was adopted by Maximian and made his caesar. The two men, together with Diocletian and his caesar,
Galerius, formed the tetrarchy.
Constantius was assigned to rule Gaul and ordered to subdue Marcus Aurelius Carausius, a usurper in Britain. In 293 he captured Carausius' mainland base, Gesoriacum (modern Boulogne, Fr.). Three years later he invaded Britain and defeated and killed Allectus, who had murdered Carausius and succeeded him in power. Constantius then set about restoring frontier defenses. He took strong measures to eliminate Frankish and Saxon piracy, and in 298 he triumphed over the Alemanni in Gaul. His enforcement of Diocletian's edicts (303) against the Christians was deliberately lax; he demolished some churches but did not execute believers. When Diocletian and Maximian abdicated on May 1, 305, Constantius became the senior emperor in the West. He died the following year, and his troops proclaimed Constantine emperor. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, CONSTANTIUS I]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0159 d.20 Apr 0238 in Carthage
- b.~ 0192 d.20 Apr 0238 in Carthage
- b.~ 0090 in Lanuvium, Latium d.0161 in Lorium, Eturia
- b.~ 0135
- b.24 Jan 0076 in Italica, Baetica d.10 Jul 0138 in Baiae, Italia
- b.~ 0102
- b.0085
- b.~ 0200
- b.0086 in Lanuvium d.07 Mar 0161
- b.31 Mar 0250 in Illyricum d.25 Jul 0306 in Eboracum (York), Britain
- b.~ 0200 in Falacrina near Sabine Reata, Italy
- b.~ 0185
- d.~ 0211
- b.ABT 0203/0205
- b.~ 0150 d.0183
- b.~ 0175 d.0209
- d.> 0165
- b.~ 0158
- d.0183
- b.~ 0155
- b.~ 0180
- b.~ 0130
- b.~ 0157
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They had two daughters named Eutropia and Flavia Julia Constantia Constantius.
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Children
Flavia Julia Constantia Constantius
Flavia Julia Constantia Constantius was born in 0293 in Rome, Italy. She died at the age of 37 in 0330.
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