Commodus, who reigned from 180 to 192 AD, was the only Roman emperor whose father (Marcus Aurelius), grandfather (Antoninus Pius), and great-grandfather (Hadrian) had all been emperors before him.
Sounds plausible, but Antoninus Pius and Hadrian were not the biological grandfather and great-grandfather of Commodus; the succession was by adoption.
The emperor in question ruled in the 5th century.
OK, then I change my answer to Valentinian III who reigned from 425-455 AD.
His father Constantius III ruled briefly as co-emperor, while his grandfather Theodosius I was one of the most important emperors in Roman history. Theodosius was the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and western halves of the empire. Valentinian's great-grandfather was Valentinian I, who founded the Valentinian dynasty.
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