Editing Leo I (emperor) (section)

== Marriage and children ==
Leo and Verina had three children. Their eldest daughter [[Ariadne (empress)|Ariadne]] was born prior to the death of [[Marcian]] (reigned 450 – 457).<ref>[http://www.roman-emperors.org/leo1.htm Hugh Elton, "Leo I (457–474 A.D.)"]</ref> Ariadne had a younger sister, [[Leontia (daughter of Leo I)|Leontia]]. Leontia was first betrothed to [[Patricius (Caesar)|Patricius]], a son of Aspar, but their engagement was probably annulled when Aspar and another of his sons, Ardabur, were assassinated in 471.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} Leontia then married [[Marcianus (son of Anthemius)|Marcian]], a son of Emperor [[Anthemius]] and [[Marcia Euphemia]]. The couple led a failed revolt against Zeno in 478–479. They were exiled to [[Isauria]] following their defeat.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

An unknown son was born in 463. He died five months following his birth. The only sources about him are a [[horoscope]] by [[Rhetorius]] and a [[hagiography]] of [[Daniel the Stylite]].

<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The ''Georgian Chronicle'', a 13th-century compilation drawing from earlier sources, reports a marriage of [[Vakhtang I of Iberia]] to Princess Helena of Byzantium, identifying her as a daughter of the predecessor of Zeno.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020823041230/http://rbedrosian.com/gc5.htm "Georgian Chronicle", Chapters 13–14. Translation by Robert Bedrosian (1991)]</ref> This predecessor was probably Leo I, the tale attributing a third daughter to Leo. [[Cyril Toumanoff]] identified two children of this marriage: Mithridates of Iberia; and Leo of Iberia. This younger Leo was father of [[Guaram I of Iberia]]. The accuracy of the descent is unknown.
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