As a result, Alexios and Constantine, Maria's son, were now adoptive brothers and both Isaac and Alexios took an oath that they would safeguard his rights as emperor.

The second son of Constantine I and Fausta, he ascended to the throne with his brothers Constantine II and Constans upon their father's death.

Meanwhile, his brother Constantine desired to retain control of Constans ' realm – leading Constantius ' two brothers into open conflict.

With Constantine ’ s death in 337, Constans and his two brothers, Constantine II and Constantius II divided the Roman world between themselves, after first deposing of virtually all of the relatives of their father who could possibly have a claim on the throne.

This led to growing tensions between the two brothers, which were only heightened by Constans finally coming of age and Constantine refusing to give up his guardianship.

Co-emperor alongside his brothers, his short reign saw the beginnings of conflict emerge between the sons of Constantine the Great, and his attempt to exert his perceived rights of primogeniture ended up causing his death in a failed invasion of Italy in 340.

Following the death of his father in 337, Constantine II initially became emperor jointly with his brothers Constantius II and Constans, with the Empire divided between them and their cousins, the Caesars Dalmatius and Hannibalianus.

Constantius II ordered the murders of many descendants from the second marriage of Constantius Chlorus and Theodora, leaving only Constantius and his brothers Constantine II and Constans I, and their cousins, Julian and Gallus ( Julian's half-brother ), as the surviving males related to Emperor Constantine.

Cyril was reputedly the youngest of seven brothers ; he was born Constantine, but took the name Cyril upon becoming a monk shortly before his death, according to the " Vita Cyrilli " (" The Life of Cyril ").

Constantine also sought assistance from his brothers in Morea, but any help was forestalled by an Ottoman invasion of the peninsula in 1452 which took place exactly for that reason.

Constantine and Prince Charles are second cousins because their grandfathers ( King Constantine I of Greece and Prince Andrew of Greece, father of the Duke of Edinburgh ) were brothers.

In its aftermath, Constantine and his brothers were dismissed from the armed forces, only to be reinstated a few months later by the new Prime Minister, Eleftherios Venizelos, who was keen on gaining the trust of King George.

A solidus ( coin ) | solidus showing Constantine and his brothers, minted before 681 when the latter were mutilated.

His brothers Heraclius and Tiberius had been crowned with him as Augusti during the reign of their father, and this was confirmed by the demand of the populace, but in 681 Constantine had them mutilated so they would be ineligible to rule.

Guy was reluctant — his mother and two of his brothers had been murdered by the Armenian regent Oshin of Corycos — but he eventually accepted and took the name Constantine.

In Leo ’ s absence his three sons quarreled: the eldest, Constantine, was eventually captured and blinded by his brothers.

In his absence, his three sons quarreled ; the eldest, Constantine, was eventually captured and blinded by his brothers.

Mleh and his two brothers, Stephen and the blind Constantine took refuge with their cousin, Count Joscelin II of Edessa.

Sempad seized the throne with the aid of his brother Constantine while his brothers Hethum II and Thoros were in Constantinople.

It is named after two saints, brothers David and Constantine.

The two monks later canonized as Saints Cyril and Methodius, the brothers from Thessaloniki, were sent to Great Moravia in 862 by the Byzantine emperor at the request of Knyaz ( Duke ) Rastislav, who wanted to weaken the dependence of his country on East Frankish priests.

It could be that the reason for the Czech preference of Mieszko was the existence in Bohemia of a mission which followed the precepts of the Byzantine Greek brothers and later saints Cyril and Methodius, who developed and performed the liturgy in the Slavic rite, more readily understood by Mieszko and his subjects.

Saints Cyril and Methodius (, Old Church Slavonic: ) were Byzantine Greek brothers born in Thessaloniki in the 9th century.

The two brothers were born in Thessaloniki – Cyril in 827 – 828 and Methodius in 815 – 820.

The two brothers lost their father when Cyril was only fourteen, and the powerful minister Theoktistos who was logothetes tou dromou, one of the chief ministers of the Empire, became their protector.

Saints Cyril and Methodius are the most celebrated saints in the Bulgarian Orthodox church, and icons of the two brothers can be found in every church.

St. Cyril Peak and St. Methodius Peak in the Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, in Antarctica are named for the brothers.

Four of his brothers also became actors: Arthur ( 1888 – 1972 ), an actor and sculptor, and Clifford ( 1892 – 1978 ), Cyril ( 1899 – 1987 ) and Kenneth ( circa 1901-1979 ).

Nil Desperandum has since been rebuilt in its original condition and design with the kitchen extension but not the enclosed side verandah that the two brothers John Douglas ( Doug ) & Cyril Leslie ( Ned ) both slept in.

When her boyfriend Rod ( Hart Bochner ) finds out, he and some of his fraternity brothers beat up Cyril, mistaking him for Dave.

The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art ( born 1937 ), Charles ( b. 1938 ), Aaron ( b. 1941 ), and Cyril ( b. 1948 ) got together to take part in the recording session of The Wild Tchoupitoulas, a Mardi Gras Indian group led by their uncle Big Chief Jolly.

All brothers except Charles, who lived in Massachusetts, had been living in New Orleans ; but following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 Cyril and Aaron moved out of the city.

The first three-wheeled, front-end loader was invented by brothers Cyril and Louis Keller ( manufacturer ) in Rothsay, Minnesota, in 1957.

The founders of the Slavic education, brothers Kiril and Metodij ( Cyril and Methodius ), stayed in the valley from the year 845 to 855 and in the Bregalnica area ( Morodvis ) started to preach Christianity in Slavic language.

Michael III chose two well educated brothers, named Cyril and Methodius, who were fluent in the dialect of Slavic spoken in the environs of Thessaloniki ( Greece ).

Peter manages to assemble a rescue mission with the base's best climbers including brothers Cyril and Malcolm ( Le Marquand and Mendelsohn ), Monique Aubertine ( Izabella Scorupco ), Kareem Nazir ( Alexander Siddig ) and Skip Taylor ( Robert Taylor ).

Recovering at base camp Annie reconciles with Peter, who finally pays his respects at a memorial for those killed on K2, including Wick, Kareem, his cousin Ali, brothers Cyril and Malcom, guide Tom McLaren, and Wick's wife.

Upon his initiative two brothers, Cyril and Methodius sent by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III in 863, translated the most important Christian liturgical books into Slavonic in his realm.

It was named after the medieval brothers Cyril and Methodius, also known as the Apostles to the Slavs, enlighteners who developed the precursors to Cyrillic script used today in most Slavic languages.

He returns to his quarters to find two alien brothers, Krit ( Brad Greenquist ) and Nahsk ( Cyril O ' Reilly ).

Several priests and brothers who teach at the school live in the nearby Saint Cyril Priory, though most of the staff consists of lay teachers.