List of monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
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This is a list of the Lords, Kings and Queens of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, an Armenian state in the region of Cilicia in what is today southeast Turkey. The Kingdom is also known as Armenia Minor.
[edit] Lords of the Mountains (1080-1198)
- Ruben (or Rupen) I, Lord of the Mountains (1080-1095)
- Constantine I (1095 - 1102)
- Thoros I (1102 - 1129)
- Constantine II (1129)
- Leo (or Leon) I (1129 - 1140)
- Thoros II (1140 - 1169)
- Ruben (or Rupen) II (1169 - 1170)
- Mleh (1170-1175)
- Ruben (or Rupen) III (1175-1187)
- Leo (or Leon) II (1187 - 1198) and King of Armenia (1198 - 1219)
[edit] Kings and Queens of Armenia (1198-1464)
In 1198 Leo II was elevated to the dignity of King of Armenia by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
- Isabella (or Zabel) (1219-1252)
- Philip (1223-1225) (Husband of Isabella)
- Hethum (or Hetoum) I (1226-1270) (Husband of Isabella)
- Queen Keran of Armenia (1270-1285)
- Leo (or Leon) III (1270-1289)
- Hethum (or Hetoum) II (1289-1293)
- Thoros III (1293-1298)
- Hethum II (1294-1297)
- Sempad (or Sambat) (1297-1299)
- Constantine III (1299)
- Hethum II (1299-1307)
- Leo (or Leon) IV (1301-1307) (joint ruler)
- Oshin (1307-1320)
- Oshin of Korikos, Regent of Armenia (1320-1329)
- Leo (or Leon) V (1320-1341)
- Constantine IV (1342-1344)
- Constantine V (1344-1362)
- Constantine VI (1362-1373)
- Leo (or Leon) VI (1374-1393)
- Ashot of Armenia, rival
- the kingdom fell in 1375
- James I, King of Cyprus and Armenia (1396-1398), claimant
- Janus, King of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia (1398-1432), claimant
- John II, King of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia (1432-1458), claimant
- Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia (1458-1464), claimant
[edit] Bibliography
- Boase, T. S. R. (1978). The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0707301459.de:Liste der Herrscher von Armenien
