Constantine XIX Anicius

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Constantine XIX
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Latin Emperor
Perateian Emperor
Reign15 April 1934 – 12 April 1945
Coronation25 December 1934
PredecessorJohn XIV Anicius
SuccessorDiana I Anicia
Co-emperorJohn XIV Anicius (until 1937)
Born(1907-09-08)8 September 1907
Questros Palace, Thessalona, Salonika, Belfras
Died12 April 1945(1945-04-12) (aged 37)
Palatium Purpura, Ascanium
Burial
4 July 1948
Imperial Crypt, Castellum ab Alba
Spouse
Issue
Detail
Full name
Gaius Anicius Gallus Constantinus Theophylactus Valentinius Honorius Caesar
HouseAnicia
FatherJohn XIV Anicius
MotherAlexandra of Ghant
ReligionImperial Church (Catholicism)

Constantine XIX Anicius (Gaius Anicius Constantinus Theophylactus Valentinius Honorius Caesar; 8 September 1907 – 12 April 1945) was Latin Emperor from 1934 until 1945, and was under the regency of his father until 1928. He was the second Latin monarch to be born outside of Belsiaria since the 17th century, and the first to be born on Norumbia.

At the time of his birth, Constantine was the first joint heir of Latium and Perateia, for which he was named Prince of Youth and Despot of Levedos with the additional title of Protosebastokrator. Constantine was primarily raised in Leonople, and was fluent in both Latin and Perateian. Court biographers wrote that Constantine deeply favored the Perateian Ecumenical faith, but he remained a Fabrian Catholic and enjoyed warmed relations with both Pope Florentine II and his successor Pontian X, as well as Ecumenical Patriarch Theodosios IV.

While able to restore stability initially after his father's untimely death, the latter half of his reign was plagued with political instability and flaring tensions between the imperial goverment, Gelonian partisans, and growing socialist sentiments. No senate majority survived for more than two years until 1945. He was murdered in the Ascanium Massacre, which sparked the Social War, and ended with his eldest child and daughter Diana installed as Empress. His remains were never recovered following the Imperial recapture of Alexandria, however a tomb was installed at Sancta Sapientia, in Castellum for him and his wife.