House of Leo

List of Leonid rulers of the Byzantine Empire

1. Leo I the Thracian - soldier
2. Leo II - grandson of Leo I, son of Zeno
3. Zeno - son-in-law of Leo I; orig. Tarasicodissa, an Isaurian
4. Basiliscus - usurper; brother-in-law of Leo I
5. *Zeno - restored
6. Anastasius I - silentiarius; son-in-law of Leo I, elevated by selection by Zeno's widow Ariadne

   List of other notable members of the dynasty

• Aelia Verina, wife of Leo I and sister of Basiliscus
• Armatus, general, nephew of Basiliscus and Verina
• Ariadne, daughter of Leo I, mother of Leo II and wife of Zeno and then Anastasius I
• Julius Nepos, Western Roman Emperor, husband of a niece of Leo I.
• Hypatius, a nephew of Anastasius I and an influential Greens senator, was placed as the candidate to the purple during the Nika riots against the later emperor Justinian I. May be counted as a member of the Leonid dynasty due to being related to one of their emperors.

  Family tree