Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (12 February AD 41 — 11 February AD 55) was the son of the
Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife
Valeria Messalina. He became the heir-designate of the empire at his birth, less than a month into his father's reign. He was still a young boy at the time of his mother's downfall and Claudius' marriage to
Agrippina the Younger. This allowed Agrippina's older son
Nero to eclipse him in the public's mind. He lived only months into his step brother
Nero's reign, and was probably murdered just before his 14th birthday.