Herakleonas (little Herakleios) was the son of the Emperor Herakleios and Martina, Herakleios's second wife and niece. Herakleonas was the eldest surviving son of the pair and actually called Konstantinos Herakleios, but since his father and grandfather were both called Herakleios, his half-brother was called Herakleios Konstantinos and his nephew was also called Herakleios Konstantinos, it was simply easier to call him Herakleonas, his brother Constantine III, and his nephew Constans (as the latter helpfully also went on to have one son called Konstantinos (Constantine IV) and another called Herakleios).

Herakleonas became Caesar in 632 and Augustus and co-emperor in 638. When Herakleios died in 641, Herakleonas and his half-brother Constantine III ruled together until Constantine III died later the same year. Herakleonas's mother, Martina tried to rally support to her and her sons Herakleonas and David-Tiberios, whom she raised to co-emperor, however, suspicions that Martina had poisoned her stepson and her general unpopularity led to a coup against the second family of Herakleios in favour of Constans, the son of Constantine III. Herakleonas, only 15, and his mother were mutilated and exiled to Rhodes. The circumstances of Herakleonas's death are unknown.

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