Byzantine royal saints

Roman emperor from 306 to 337 and first to convert to Christianity (272–337)

Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 (482-565)

Roman emperor from 379 to 395

Byzantine Emperor (401–450)

saint, first wife of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (250-330)

empress of Byzantine Empire (752-803)

Byzantine empress from 527 to 548

Marcian (; ; ; 392 – 27 January 457) was Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457. Very little is known of his life before becoming emperor, other than that he was a (personal assistant) who served under the commanders Ardabur and his son Aspar for fifteen years. After the death of Emperor Theodosius II on 28 July 450, Marcian was made a candidate for the throne by Aspar, who held much influence because of his military power. After a month of negotiations Pulcheria, Theodosius' sister, agreed to marry Marcian. Zeno, a military leader whose influence was similar to Aspar's, may have been

Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474

Aelia Pulcheria (; ; 19 January 398 or 399 – July 453) was an Eastern Roman empress who advised her brother, the emperor Theodosius II, during his minority and then became wife to emperor Marcian from November 450 to her death in 453.

4th-century Roman empress

Byzantine empress