Constantine I 'the Great'

271 - 337  (66 years)

• Name	Constantine I 'the Great'   [1]
  Born	27 Feb 271	Naissus, Provence of Moesia Superior (now Nish in Serbia)
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 May 337
  Buried	Byzantine Church of the Holy Apostles, Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey
  Person ID	I6534	adkinshorton
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Constantine CHLORUS
  Mother	Helen, of the Cross,   b. Drepanum, Bithynia
  Family ID	F25544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fausta
  Married	307
  Children	1. Constantina   2. Flavius Valerius CRISPUS CAESAR + 3. Constantius II,   b. 7 Aug 317, Illyricum Province, Roman Empire ,   d. 3 Nov 361, Tarsus  (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F25543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus), born 265, died in May, 336 or 337, buried in the church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople. He was of British birth and education, and is known as the first Christian Emperor. With a British army he set out to put down the persecution of Christians forever. The greatest of all Roman Emperors, he annexed Britain to the Roman Empire and founded Constantinople. In the year 321 he decreed that the Christian Sunday be truly observed as a day of rest. In 325 he assembled the Council of Nicea in Bithynia, Asia Minor, which he attended in person. This Council formulated the Nicene Creed. The following edict of Constantine sets forth the standards of his life: "We call God to witness, the Savior of all men, that in assuming the government we are influenced solely by these two considerations - the uniting of the empire in one faith, and the restoration of peace to a world rent in pieces by the insanity of religious persecution." By his first wife (1) Minervina he was father of Flavius Valerius Crispus Caesar. He married (2) Fausta, sister of his step-mother, Theodora. Fausta and Theodora and their brother Maxentius were children of Maximinus, Roman Emperor (286-305). One writer, Brewer, said he was a giant, eight feet, six inches tall! His son Maxentius, Emperor (310-311), married Valeria, daughter of Galerius, Emperor (310-311), and his wife, Valeria, who was daughter of Diocletian, Emperor (284-305). Fausta and Constantine the Great had three sons: Constantine II., Constantius II., and Constants I., and a daughter, Helen, wife of Julian the Apostate.

  
  

• Sources

  [S18796] The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James, Vol. I.