Ruler · 575 – 641

Heraclius

Lived 575 – 641; politician. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 610 – 641.

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Lived: 575 – 641; 66 years
In office: 31 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Byzantine Empire
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 32nd of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

28 before

Heraclius610 – 641

Heraclius Constantine641

Gregoria641 – 642

78 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 610 – 641 · 31 years · came to it aged 35

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 641, the year they died

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