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Personal data Constantius (Constantius III) x 

• First name Constantius III.
• He was born about 370 in Naïssus.
• He died on September 2, 421 in Ravenna.

Household of Constantius (Constantius III) x

He is married to Galla Placida van het Oosten.Source 2

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They got married in the year 417.

Child(ren):

1. Valentinianus x  419-455 

Notes about Constantius (Constantius III) x

NOTE: Constantius III, Flavius (Naïssus [thans Nisj] ca. 370 - Ravenna 421),generaal
2 CONC in het westelijk rijksdeel van het Romeinse Rijk, was in hetleger opgeklommen. Hij overwon in 411 de usurpator Constantijn III(407-411),
2 CONC deelkeizer van het Imperium Galliarum(Britannia, Gallië enSpanje). In 415 dwong hij de Visigoten onder Alariks opvolger Athaulf(410-415)
2 CONC zich uit Zuid-Gallië in Noordoost-Spanje terug te trekken.Constantius huwde in 417 Placidia, zuster van keizer Honorius; hun beiderzoon
2 CONC was Valentinianus III (keizer 425-455). In 421 stelde Honorius hemals medekeizer aan."Constantius III, Flavius," Encarta® - Encyclopedie 2000 - Winkler Prins.©
2 CONC 1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation/Elsevier. Alle rechten voorbehouden.

Constantius was a soldier from Naissus in Dacia. Although he presented afierce
2 CONC facade in public, he was far more relaxed in private and atbanquets. Constantius was a Catholic. He had a successful career as oneof the
2 CONC most important magistri militum of Honorius after the death ofStilicho in 408. He was able to defeat Gerontius and Constantine III inGaul in
2 CONC 411 and expelled the Goths under Ataulf from Italy in 412.Constantius married Honorius' half-sister Galla Placidia in 417 at theurging of
2 CONC Honorius; and they produced a son, Valentinian (III) in 419. OnFebruary 8, 421 Constantius was acclaimed as Augustus in the West andGalla
2 CONC Placidia was raised to the dignity of Augusta. These statuses werenot recognized in the East. Constantius was said at his death to havebeen
2 CONC planning a campaign against Theodosius II because of this slight. Hedied of illness September 2, 421. Although he was not emperor for long,he
2 CONC complained about the burden of office-holding, especially his loss ofpersonal freedom.

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