Ruler · 669 – 711

Justinian II

Lived 669 – 711; politician. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 685 – 695 and 1 more term.

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Lived: 669 – 711; 42 years
In office: 16 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Byzantine Empire
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 40th and 43rd of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

36 before

Constantine IV654 – 685

Heraclius659 – 681

Anastasia668 – 685

Justinian II685 – 695

Leontius695 – 698

Tiberius III698 – 705

Justinian II705 – 711

Philippicus711 – 713

Anastasius II713 – 715

Theodosius III715 – 717

67 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 685 – 695 · 10 years · came to it aged 16 · term 1 of 2

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 695; they died in 711

Reigned 705 – 711 · 6 years · came to it aged 36 · term 2 of 2

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; decapitation

His second reign was even more despotic than the first, and in 711 he was killed by mutinous soldiers.

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