Valentinian dynasty

Valentinian dynasty

The Valentinian Dynasty, consisting of four emperors, ruled the Western Roman Empire from 364 to 392 and the Eastern Roman Empire from 364 to 378.

*western emperors:
**Valentinian I (364-375)
**his sons Gratian (375-383) and Valentinian II (375-392)
*the eastern emperor(s):
**Valentinian I's brother Valens (364-378).
**Valentinian's daughter's husband Theodosius I

The dynasty was related to the House of Theodosius by the marriage of Theodosius I of the East (379-395) to Valentinian I's daughter. From this marriage came Galla Placidia, whose son Valentinian III became the western emperor (425-455), the last ruler descended from either dynasty. His descendants continued to be a part of the Roman nobility in Constantinople until the end of the sixth century.

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