# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-ii
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:20:44.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-ii"
name: "Leo II"
slug: "leo-ii"
description: "A child who wore the purple for months, not years — made co-emperor at six, sole ruler at seven, dead before eight. His reign was a legal scaffold: just long enough for his father Zeno to claim the throne through him."
tagline: "Byzantine emperor (467-474)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leo_(474)-coin.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "467"
deathDate: "0474-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.91611066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    slug: "politician"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leo II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Leo was born around 467, son of the Isaurian general Zeno and Ariadne, daughter of Emperor Leo I. His grandfather elevated him to co-emperor on 17 November 473, binding the dynasty. When Leo I died of dysentery on 18 January 474, the boy became sole emperor. Eleven days later the Byzantine Senate made Zeno co-emperor, and father and son ruled together until Leo II died in late 474. He is sometimes called "the Small" to distinguish him from his grandfather Leo "the Great."