Ruler · 675 – 741

Leo III the Isaurian

Lived 675 – 741; military personnel. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 717 – 741.

Wikidata's English label: Leo III the Syrian.

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Lived: 675 – 741; 66 years
In office: 24 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Byzantine Empire
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 47th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

43 before

Philippicus711 – 713

Anastasius II713 – 715

Theodosius III715 – 717

Leo III the Isaurian717 – 741

Constantine V741 – 775

Leo IV the Khazar775 – 780

Constantine VI780 – 797

63 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 717 – 741 · 24 years · came to it aged 42

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; edema

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