List of Armenian kings

See also: List of Armenian consorts

This is a list of the kings and queens of Armenia, for more information on ancient Armenia and Armenians, please see History of Armenia. For information on the medieval Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia, please see the separate page Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.

See List of kings of Urartu for kings of Urartu (Ararat), the predecessor state of Greater Armenia.

Greater Armenia

This is the historical designation of the largest and longest-lasting Armenian kingdom.

Orontid kings and satraps

In Armenian tradition

Early kings in traditional Armenian chronology according to Moses of Chorene.

Note that the early dates are traditional and of uncertain accuracy.

• Orontes I Sakavakyats (570–560 BC)
• Tigranes Orontid (560–535 BC)
• Vahagn (530–515 BC)
• Hidarnes I (late 6th century BC)
• Hidarnes II (early 5th century BC)
• Hidarnes III (middle of the 5th century BC)
• Ardashir (2nd half of the 5th century BC)

Attested satraps

• Orontes (401–344 BC)
• Darius Codomannus (344–336 BC)

Yervandian (Yervanduni or Orontid) Dynasty

Main article: Orontid Dynasty

• Orontes II (336–331 BC)
• Mithranes (331–323 BC)
• Neoptolemus Orontid (non-dynastic) (323–321 BC)
• Mithranes (321–317 BC)
• Orontes III (317–260 BC)
• Sames (260–243 BC)
• Arsames (243–228 BC)
• Xerxes (228–212 BC)
• Orontes IV (212–200 BC)

Artashesian (Artaxiad) Dynasty

• Artaxias I (190–159 BC)
• Artavasdes I (159–123 BC)
• Tigranes I (123–95 BC)
• Tigranes the Great (Tigranes II, 95–55 BC)
• Artavasdes II (55–34 BC)
• Artaxias II (33–20 BC)
• Tigranes III (20–10 BC)
• Tigranes IV with Erato (10 BC–2 BC)

Roman and Parthian non-dynastic candidates

• Ariobarzanes, 2 BC to 4 (Roman protectorate)
• Artavasdes III ^{[ contradictory ]} 4 to 6
• Tigranes V, 6 then ruled with Erato 6–12
• Vonones (former king of Parthia) 12–16 (Roman protectorate)
• Roman interregnum 16–18 (Vonones as nominal king)
• Artaxias III 18–35 (Roman protectorate)
• Arsaces I of Armenia (son of Artabanus III) 35 (Parthian protectorate)
• Orodes of Armenia (pretender, son of Artabanus III) 35
• Mithridates 35–37 (Roman protectorate)
• Orodes (now king) 37–42 (Parthian protectorate)
• Mithridates (second time) 42–51 (Roman protectorate)
• Rhadamistus (son of Pharasmanes I of Iberia) 51–53 (Roman protectorate)
• Tiridates I (son of Vonones II of Parthia) 53 (Roman protectorate)
• Rhadamistus (second time) 53–54 (Roman protectorate)

Arshakuni (Arsacid) Kings of Armenia

• Tiridates I (second time) 52–58
• Tigranes VI 59–62 (Roman protectorate)
• Tiridates I 62–88 (Parthian protectorate 62–63; from 63 Armenia again becomes a Roman protectorate)
• Sanatruces (Sanatruk) 88–110
• Axidares (Ashkhadar) 110–113
• Parthamasiris (Partamasir) 113–114
• Roman Province 114–117/8
• Vologases I (Vagharsh I) 117/8–144
• Sohaemus 144–161
• Bakur 161–164
• Sohaemus (second time) 163/4–186?
• Vologases II (Vagharsh II) 186–198
• Khosrov I 198–217
• Tiridates II 217–252
• Khosrov II c. 252
• Sassanid Occupation 252–287
  • Artavasdes IV 252–287 Sassanid Client King
• Tiridates III 287–330 (Roman protectorate again)
• Khosrov III 330–339
• Tigranes VII (Tiran) 339 – c. 350
• Arsaces II (Arshak II) c. 350–368
• Sassanid Occupation 368
• Papas (Pap) 370–374
• Varasdates (Varazdat) 374–378
• Arsaces III (Arshak III) 378–387 with co-ruler Vologases III (Vagharsh III) 378–386
• Khosrov IV 387–389
• Vramshapuh 389–417
• Local Independent Government 417–422
• Artaxias IV (Artashir IV) 422–428

Marzpanate

• Veh Mihr Shapur 428–442

Vasak, king of Siunik 442–451

Vartan Mamikonian [AKA Vartan Zoravar, legendary Armenian general killed in battle but preserved Armenia as first Christian nation in the world]

• Adhur Hormizd (Adrormizd) 451–465
• Adhur Gushnasp (Ardervechnasp) 465–481
• Sahak Bagratuni 481–482

Military occupation by General Shapur Mihran 482

• Vahan Mamikonian (provisional) 482–483
• Zarmihr Hazarwuxt (military occupation) 483
• Shapur of Ray 483–484
• Vahan Mamikonian (second time) 484–505/510 (provisional government 484–485)
• Vard Mamikonian (brother) 505/510–509/514
• Gushnasp Vahram ? 509/514–518
• Mjej I Gnuni 518–548
• Tan-Shapur 548–552
• Gushnasp Vahram (second time?) 552–554
• Tan-Shapur (second time) 554–558/60
• Varazdat 558/560–564
• Chihor-Vishnasp 564–572
• Golon Mihran 572-574
• Tamkhosrau 577–580
• Varaz Vzur 580–581
• Aspahbad Pahlav 581–582/588
• Frahat 582/588–588/589
• Hratzin 588/589–590
• To Byzantium 590
• Mushegh II Mamikonian 590–591 (governor)
• Hamarakar 591 (governor)
• Unknown 591–603 (governors)
• Smbat IV Bagratuni 603–611
• Shahrayanpet (in the East) 611–613
• Shahin Vahmanzadaghan (in the West) 611–613
• Parsayenpet 613–616
• Namdar Gushnasp 616–619
• Shahraplakan (Sarablagas) 619–624
• Rozbihan 624–627
• Byzantine province 627–628
• Varaztirots Bagratuni 628–634
• Unknown 634–?
• Mjej Gnuni 627–635
• Vahan 636
• Davith Saharuni 636–638
• Several "nakharar" 638–643
• Theodore Rshtuni 643–645
• Varaztirots Bagratuni 645–646

Presiding Princes of Armenia

Ruler	Reign	Family	Notes
Varaztirots II	645–646	Bagratuni	First presiding Prince of Armenia.
Smbat V	646–653	Bagratuni	Son of Varaztirots II. Together with Theodore.
Theodore		Rshtuni	1st time.
Smbat V	653	Bagratuni	Expelled Theodoros, but he returned to power that same year.
Theodore	653–654	Rshtuni	2nd time.
Musel IV	654	Mamikonian	Expelled Theodoros, but he returned to power that same year.
Theodore	654–655	Rshtuni	3rd time. Under his third rule, Maurianos, a Byzantine governor, was installed in Armenia.
Hamazasp	655–661	Mamikonian
Grigor I	661–685	Mamikonian
Ashot II	685–690	Bagratuni
Nerseh	690–693	Kamsarakan
Smbat VI Kouropalates	691–693	Bagratuni	Son of Varaztirots III Bagratuni. Jointly with Nerseh. 1st time.
Muslim Protectorate: 693–695
Smbat VI Kouropalates	695–705	Bagratuni	2nd time.
Umayyad Protectorate: 705–711; Vacancy: 711–726
Artavazd	726–732	Kamsarakan
Ashot III the Blind	732–745	Bagratuni	1st time
Grigor II	745–746	Mamikonian	1st time
Ashot III the Blind	746–750	Bagratuni	2nd time
Grigor II	750–751	Mamikonian	2nd time
Musel VI	751	Mamikonian	Brother of Grigor II.
Arab Occupation: 751–754
Sahak III	754–761	Bagratuni	Also Lord of Taron
Smbat VII	761–775	Bagratuni
Vacancy: 775–806
Ashot IV the Carnivorous	806–826	Bagratuni
Smbat VIII	826–855	Bagratuni	Joint rule with his brother Bagrat 830-52 [1]
Bagrat II	830–852	Bagratuni	Joint rule with his brother Smbat VIII.
Ashot V the Great	806–826	Bagratuni

Armenian Bagratid kingdom and vassals

Kings of Armenia (885–1045)

Bagratuni dynasty

• 885–890: Ashot I the Great
• 890–914: Smbat I the Martyr
• 914–928: Ashot II the Iron
• 928–952: Abas I
• 952–977: Ashot III the Merciful
• 977–989: Smbat II the Conqueror
• 989–1020: Gagik I
• 1020–1040: Hovhannes-Smbat (III)
  • 1021–1039: Ashot IV the Valiant, concurrently in certain regions after rebellion against Hovhannes
• 1042–1045: Gagik II, deposed, died c. 1079
• To the Byzantine Empire (1045–1064)
• To the Turko-Persian Seljuk Empire (1064–1072)
• To the Muslim Shaddadids (1072–1199).

Kings and Lords of Lori (979–1259)

Bagratuni dynasty as kings

• 979–989: Gurgen I (also spelled Kiurike), son of Ashot III of Ani
• 989–1048: David I the Landless, temporarily lost his lands to the king of Ani
  • c.1000: Smbat I, brother and co-ruler
• 1048–1089: Gurgen II (also spelled Kiurike)
  • c.1063: Smbat II, brother and co-ruler
• 1089–1118: David II
  • 1089–1118: Abas I, brother and co-ruler

From 1118 the Kingdom of Lori became the Lordship of Matznaberd and Tavouch. The Kingdom was annexed by the Turks.

Bagratuni dynasty as lords

• 1118–1145: David II
  • 1118–1145: Abas I, brother and co-ruler
• 1145–1185: Gurgen III
• 1185–1192: Abas II
• 1192–1236: Aghsartan, illegitimate son of Abas II
  • 1232–1236: Gurgen IV, son of Aghsartan and his co-ruler
• 1236–1256: Pahlavan
• 1256–1259: Taqiaddin

Kings of Kars (962–1064)

Bagratuni dynasty

• 962–984: Mousel, son of Abas I of Ani
• 984–1029: Abas I, son of the above
• 1029–1064: Gagik-Abas II (d.1080), son of the above, surrendered the kingdom to the Byzantine Empire

Princes and Kings of Vaspurakan (800–1021)

Artsruni dynasty as princes

• 800–836: Hamazasp II, married to a daughter of Ashot Msaker of the Bagratuni family.
• 836–852: Ashot I Abulabus, son, 1st time
• 852–853: Gurgen I, brother of the above
• 853–854: Abu Djafar, probably brother of the above
• 854–857: Gurgen II, a distant relative from Mardastan
• 857–868: Grigor-Derenik, son of Ashot I, married Sofia, daughter of Ashot I Bagratuni. 1st time
• 868–874: Ashot I Abulabus, 2nd time
• 874–887: Grigor-Derenik, 2nd time.
• 887–898: Gagik Abu Morvan Artsruni , regent for Grigor-Derenik's sons, then usurper from 896
• 898–900: Ashot II Sargis, son of Grigor-Derenik.
• (Vaspurakan occupied in 900-01 by the Sajid emir Afshin)
  • Safi, governor
• 901–904: Ashot II Sargis, reinstated. After his death Vaspurakan is divided:
• 904–908: Gagik III, brother of Ashot II, ruler in northwest Vaspurakan, crowned king 908
• 904–925: Gurgen III, brother of Ashot II, ruler in southeast Vaspurakan.

Artsruni dynasty as kings

• 908/25-943: Gagik I (III), brother of Ashot II, ruler in northwest, reunited Vaspurakan 925
• 943–953: Derenik-Ashot I (III), son of the above
• 953–972: Abusahl-Hamazasp, brother of the above
• 972–983: Ashot II Sahak (IV), son of the above
• 983–1003: Gurgen I Khachik (IV), brother of the above, also lord of Antzevasiq.
• 1003–1021: Seneqerim-Hovhannes, brother of the above, also lord of Rechtuniq.

Kings of Syunik (987–1170)

Siunia dynasty

• 987–998: Smbat I Sahak
• 998–1040: Vasak, son of the above
• 1040-1044/51: Smbat II, maternal grandson of the above
• 1044/51-1072: Grigor I, brother of the above
• 1072–1094: Seneqerim, brother-in-law of the above
• 1094–1166: Grigor II, son of the above
• 1166–1170: Hasan, son-in-law of the above

Kings of Georgia

Bagrationi dynasty (1118–1476)

• 1118–1124: David IV the Builder
• 1125–1156: Demetrius I
• 1156–1184: George III
• 1184–1213: Tamar the Great
• 1213–1223: George IV
• 1223–1245: Rusudan
• 1245–1247: David VI
• 1247–1270: David VII
• 1270–1289: Demetrius II the Self-Sacrificer
• 1289–1292: Vakhtang II
• 1292–1311: David VIII
• 1311–1313: George VI Mtsire
• 1299–1346: George V the Brilliant
• 1346–1360: David IX
• 1360–1393: Bagrat V
• 1393–1407: George VII
• 1407–1411: Constantine I
• 1412–1442: Alexander I the Great
• 1430: Qara Iskander, ruler of Kara Koyunlu declares himself to be “Shah-i-Arman”

Armenians in exile: The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees, who were fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. ^[2] It was initially founded by the Rubenian dynasty, an offshoot of the larger Bagratid family that at various times held the thrones of Armenia and Georgia. While the Rubenian rulers were initially regional princes, their close ties with the Western world after the First Crusade saw the principality recognised as a kingdom under Leo I by the Holy Roman Empire in 1198. ^[3] The Rubenid dynasty fell in 1252 after the death of the last Rubenid monarch Isabella, and her husband Hethum I became sole ruler, beginning the Hethumid dynasty. After the death of Leo IV in 1341 his cousin was elected to succeed him as Constantine II, the first king of the Lusignan dynasty. The kingdom fell at the beginning of Leo V's reign to the Mamluks, ^[4] and henceforth title holders were only claimants to the throne. Charlotte of Cyprus ceded the throne to the House of Savoy in 1485, ^[5] and the title fell out of use until after 1861.

  Lords and Princes of Cilician Armenia  Kings of Cilician Armenia

Rubenian dynasty

Name	Portrait	Born	Reign	Marriage (s)	Death	Notes
Ruben I (Ռուբեն Ա)		1025 [6] or 1035 [7] Unknown	1080–1095	Unknown two children	1095 Kormogolo [8] or 1035 aged 59–60 or 69–70	He declared the independence of Cilicia from the Byzantine Empire, thus formally founding the beginning of Armenian rule there. [9] The Roupenian dynasty ruled Cilician Armenia until 1219.
Constantine I (Կոստանդին Ա)		Between 1035–1040 [10] or between 1050–1055 Son of Ruben I	1095-1100/1102/1103	Unknown (great-granddaughter of Bardas Phokas) three children	c.1100 [11] or 24 February 1102 or 23 February 1103 [7] aged approximately 50–60	He provided ample provisions to the Crusaders, for example during the difficult period of the siege of Antioch in the winter of 1097. He was a passionate adherent of the separated Armenian Church.
Thoros I (Թորոս Ա)		Unknown, before 1100 First son of Constantine I	1100/1102/1103-1129	Unknown (great-granddaughter of Bardas Phokas) three children	c.1129 [12] or 17 February 1129 or 16 February 1130 [7]	His alliance with the leaders of the First Crusade helped him rule his feudal holdings with commanding authority. He avenged the death of King Gagik II by killing his assassins. He also bestowed favors and gave gifts and money to many monasteries for their decoration and adornment.
Constantine II (Կոստանդին Բ)		Unknown, before 1129 Son of Thoros I	1129/1130	Unmarried	After 17 February 1129	He died a few months after his father's death in the course of a palace intrigue.
Leo I (Լեիոն Ա)		Unknown, before 1100 Second son of Constantine I	1129/1130-1137	Unknown six or seven children	14 February 1140 Constantinople aged at least 39–40	Most of his successes benefited from Byzantium's pre-occupation with the threats of Zengi from Aleppo and the lack of effective Frankish rule, especially in the Principality of Antioch. He expanded his rule over the Cilician plains and even to the Mediterranean shores. He was taken captive in 1137 with two of his sons by the Byzantine Emperor. He died in prison.
Byzantine Rule : 1137-1144/1145
Thoros II the Great (Թորոս Բ)		1144 [7] or 1145 [13] [14] Son of Leo I	1144–1169	Unknown (An unnamed daughter of Simon of Raban [15] [14] ) or Isabelle of Edessa [7] 1149 two children Unknown (An unnamed daughter of Thomas of Cilicia) 1164 one child	6 February 1169 [16] [17] [7] aged 23–24-25	Thoros survived his incarceration in Constantinople and was able to escape in 1143. He found it occupied by many Greek garrisons, ousting successfully the Byzantine garrisons.
Thomas of Cilicia (Թոմաս)		Unknown Son of a daughter of Leo I	1169–1170	Unknown at least one child	1170 aged 4–5	Grandson of Leo I, was regent on behalf of his own grandson, Ruben II. Assassinated by prince Mleh, who took the power to himself.
Ruben II (Ռուբեն Բ)		1165 Son of Thoros II	1169–1170	Unmarried	1170 aged 4–5	Placed under regency of his maternal grandfather, Thomas of Cilicia. Died as a minor, assassinated by his uncle Mleh.
Mleh (Մլեհ)		Before 1120 Son of Leo I	1170–1175	Unknown no children	15 May 1175 Sis aged at least 54–55	During his father's captivity escaped to Edessa with two of his brothers. Expelled from Cilicia by Thoros II, for embracing the Muslim faith, almost undid his brother's work when he took the power.
Ruben III (Ռուբեն Գ)		1145 First son of Stephen of Armenia and Rita of Barbaron	1175–1187	Isabella of Toron two children	6 May 1187 [7] Drazark [18] aged 41–42	He was a friend of the Franks (the Crusaders); for example, at the end of 1177, assisted Philip, Count of Flanders and Prince Bohemond III of Antioch at the ineffectual siege of Harenc. [17]
Leo II the Magnificent (Լեւոն Ա Մեծագործ)		1150 Second son of Stephen of Armenia and Rita of Barbaron	1187-1198/1199	Isabella of Antioch 3 February 1188 or 4 February 1189 (annulled 1206) one child Sibylla of Cyprus 28 January 1210 or 27 January 1211 one child	2 May 1219 [7] aged 68–69	In 1194–1195, when he was planning to receive the title of king, he instituted a union of the Armenian church with Rome.
Leo II the Magnificent (Լեւոն Ա Մեծագործ) (LeoIas king)		1150 Second son of Stephen of Armenia and Rita of Barbaron	1198/1199 – 1219	Isabella of Antioch 3 February 1188 or 4 February 1189 (annulled 1206) one child Sibylla of Cyprus 28 January 1210 or 27 January 1211 one child	2 May 1219 [7] aged 68–69	During his reign, succeeded in establishing Cilician Armenia as a powerful and a unified Christian state with a pre-eminence in political affairs. [19] Led his kingdom alongside the armies of the Third Crusade and aided the crusaders. Under his rule, Armenian power in Cilicia was at its apogee: his kingdom extended from Isauria to the Amanus Mountains.
Adam of Baghras		Unknown	1219–1220	Unknown	1220	Named regent for Isabella I. Assassinated by courtiers.
Constantine of Barbaron (Կոնստանդին Գունդստաբլ)		Unknown Son of Vassag of Barbaron	1220–1226	Alice Pahlavouni before 1263 six children	1263	Named regent for Isabella I. Married the heiress to his eldest son.
Isabella I (Զապել) (jointly with Hethum I )		27 January 1216 or 25 January 1217 Daughter of Leo II the Magnificent and Sibylla of Cyprus	1226–1252	Philip of Antioch June 1222 no children Hethum I 14 June 1226 Tarsus seven children	23 January 1252 aged 35–36-37	A period of dynastic conflict that ended with the apparent unification in marriage of the two principal dynastic forces of Cilicia (i.e., the Roupenids and the Hethumids). The country experienced struggles and shifting alliances between Crusader states and the Mongol Empire.

Hethumid dynasty

Name	Portrait	Born	Reign	Marriage (s)	Death	Notes
Hethum I (Հեթում Ա) (jointly with Isabella I )		1215 Son of Constantine of Barbaron and Alice Pahlavouni	1226–1270	Isabella I 14 June 1226 Tarsus seven children	21 October 1270 aged 54–55	Was a major player in the political struggles and shifting alliances around the Crusader states, as the Armenians had ties with all sides. They were primarily aligned with the Europeans, but during Hethum's reign, the rapidly expanding Mongol Empire became a concern.
Leo III (Լեւոն Բ) (LeoIIas king)		1236 Son of Hethum I and Isabella I	1270–1289	Anna of Lampron 5 January 1262 or 14 January 1263 sixteen children	6 February 1289 aged 52–53	A pious king, he was devoted to Christianity. He pursued active commercial relations with the West, by renewing trade agreements with the Italians and establishing new ones with the Catalans. He also endeavoured to reinforce the Mongol alliance.
Hethum II (Հեթում Բ)		1266 First son of Leo III and Anna of Lampron	1289–1293 1295–1296 (as co-ruler) 1299–1303	Unmarried	17 November 1307 Anazarba aged 40–41	Political trouble: he abdicated in 1293 for monastic vows, being recalled by his brother Thoros III in 1295. They travelled to Constantinople to marry their sister Rita to Michael IX Palaiologos, but their brother SempadI usurped the throne, and they were imprisoned in the return; Freed after Sempad's death, assumed power again in 1299, abdicating once more in 1303 to become regent for his successor, Leo IV.
Thoros III (Թորոս Երրորդ) (ThorosIas king)		1271 Second son of Leo III and Anna of Lampron	1293–1298 (nominally since 1296, imprisoned)	Margaret of Cyprus 9 January 1288 two children Unknown (daughter of Mahmud Ghazan Khan) no children	23 July 1298 aged 26–27	Imprisoned in 1296 by Sempad, his brother, who usurped the throne, was strangled in prison in 1298.
Sempad (Սմբատ)		1277 Third son of Leo III and Anna of Lampron	1296–1298 (usurper)	Unknown (daughter of Mahmud Ghazan Khan) no children	1310 aged 32–33	Sempad seized the throne with the aid of his brother Constantine while his brothers Hethum II and Thoros were in Constantinople. At their return, imprisoned them. He also blinded Hethum and strangled Thoros.
Constantine III (Կոստանդին Ա) (ConstantineIas king)		1278 Fourth son of Leo III and Anna of Lampron	1298–1299	Unmarried	1310 aged 31–32	After helping and then deposing his brother, he was raised as king. Gave the throne to his brother, Hethum II.
Hethum of Armenia (Հեթում Բ)		1266 First son of Leo III and Anna of Lampron	1303–1305	Unmarried	17 November 1307 Anazarba aged 40–41	Re-installed as regent for his nephew, Leo IV.
Leo IV (Լեիոն Գ) (LeoIIIas king)		1289 Son of Thoros III and Margaret of Cyprus	1305–1307	Agnes of Tyre-Cyprus 1305 no children	17 November 1307 Anazarba aged 17–18	Together with his uncle, he fought the Mongols, but were both assassinated in 1307.
Oshin (Օշին)		3 January 1283 Fifth son of Leo III and Anna of Lampron	1307–1320	Isabella of Korikos c.1310 one son Isabelle of Cyprus 1310 (annulled c.1316)no children Joan of Taranto February 1316 Tarsus one child	20 July 1320 aged 37	Ascended to the throne after the death of his nephew, Leo IV. He was poisoned by his cousin Oshin of Korikos.
Oshin of Korikos (Թորոս Բ)		Unknown Son of Leo I	1320–1329	Marguerite d'Ibelin before 1320 one child Joan of Taranto 1320 one child	8 February 1329 Sis	Probably poisoned his cousin to rise as regent.
Leo V (Լեիոն Դ) (LeoIVas king)		1309 Son of Oshin and Isabella of Korikos	1329–1341	Alice of Korikos 10 August 1321 one child Constance of Sicily 29 December 1331 no children	28 August 1341 aged 31–32	Leo was strongly pro-Western and favored a union of the Armenian and Roman Churches, which deeply displeased the native barons. Murdered by them, they elected a cousin, from the Cypriot Lusignans.

House of Lusignan

Name	Portrait	Born	Reign	Marriage (s)	Death	Notes
Constantine IV (Կոստանդին Բ) (ConstantineIIas king)		c.1300 Son of Amalric, Lord of Tyre and Isabella of Armenia	1341–1344	Kantakouzene c.1318 Constantinople no children Theodora Syrgiannaina c.1330 two children	17 April 1344 aged approximately 43–44	Assassinated in an Armenian revolt in 1344.

Hethumid-Neghir dynasty

Name	Portrait	Born	Reign	Marriage (s)	Death	Notes
Constantine V (Կոստանդին Դ) (ConstantineIIIas king)		17 April 1313 Son of Baldwin, Lord of Neghir	1344–1362	Marie of Korikos 1340 two children	21 December 1362 aged approximately 43–44	During his rule, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was reduced by Mamluk raids and conquests. They conquered Ajazzo in 1347, Tarsus and Adana in 1359.
Marie of Korikos (Մարիա Կոռիկոսի)		1321 Daughter of Oshin of Korikos and Joan of Taranto	1362-c.1365	Constantine V 1340 two children Constantine VI 1369 no children	Before 1405 Jerusalem aged no more than 84	Managed the kingdom for three years, before the accession of Constantine VI.
Constantine VI (Կոստանդին Բ) (ConstantineIVas king)		c.1324 Son of John, Lord of Neghir	1365–1373	Marie of Korikos 1369 no children	April 1373 aged approximately 48–49	Cousin of his predecessor. Allied with Cyprus, and after 1369, with the sultan of Egypt. The barons disliked his policy because they feared the Muslim annexation, and murdered Constantine.

House of Lusignan

Name	Portrait	Born	Reign	Marriage (s)	Death	Notes
Leo VI (Կոստանդին Բ) (LeoVas king)		c.1342 Son of John of Poitiers-Lusignan and Soldana of Georgia	1373–1375	Margaret of Soissons May 1369 one child	29 November 1393 Paris aged 50–51	After several battles against superior Mamluk forces, he locked himself in the fortress at Geben (Armeina: Gaban) and eventually surrendered in 1375, [20] thus putting an end to the Kingdom of Armenia.

Claimants

Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family	Image
Leo VI		1375	1393		Lusignan
James I		1396	1398		Lusignan
Janus		1398	1432		Lusignan
John		1432	1458		Lusignan
Charlotte		1458	1467		Lusignan

Potential claimants today

The title passed to the branch of the Lusignans in Constantinople and eventually Russia. ^[21] The title is contested by the House of Savoy and the House of Brienne via Hugh, Count of Brienne and John of Brienne.

See also

• List of rulers of Commagene
• List of monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

Notes

1. Kingdom of Greater Armenia (Bagratids)
2. (in Armenian) Poghosyan, S.; Katvalyan, M.; Grigoryan, G. et al. Cilician Armenia (Կիլիկյան Հայաստան). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. v. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1979, pp. 406–428
3. Kurdoghlian, Mihran (1996). Badmoutioun Hayots, Volume II (in Armenian). Athens, Greece: Hradaragoutioun Azkayin Oussoumnagan Khorhourti. pp. 29–56.
4. Mutafian, p.90
5. Lang, Robert Hamilton (1878), Cyprus, London: Macmillan and Co., p. 179, retrieved 2008-01-15
6. Ghazarian, Jacob G. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1093).
7. Cawley, Charles (2009-04-01), Lords of the Mountains, Kings of (Cilician) Armenia (Family of Rupen), Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, ^{[ self-published source ][ better source needed ]}
8. Ghazarian, Jacob G. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1093).
9. Ghazarian, Jacob G. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1093).
10. Ghazarian, Jacob G. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1093).
11. Ghazarian, Jacob G. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1093).
12. Ghazarian, Jacob G. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1093).
13. Ghazarian, Jacob G. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1093).
14. Vahan M. Kurkjian (2005-04-05). "A History of Armenia". Website. Bill Thayer. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
15. Ghazarian, Jacob G. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1093).
16. Ghazarian, Jacob G. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1093).
17. Runciman, Steven. A History of the Crusades – Volume II.: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East: 1100–1187.
18. Ghazarian, Jacob G. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1093).
19. Edwards, Robert W. The Fortifications of Armenian Cilicia.
20. Edwards, Robert W. (1987). The Fortifications of Armenian Cilicia: Dumbarton Oaks Studies XXIII. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. pp. 10, 125, 234. ISBN   0-88402-163-7.
21. Cecil R. Humphery-Smith, Princes of Lusignan page 5 The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies 2004 and The colonel was probably known as Louis Christian de Lusignan. In the issue No. 180 of the Peterburgskiy Listok (Petersburg List) Newspaper July 3–15, 1884, a list of deceased in St Petersburg between 11 June and 18 June was found. There was a record for Louis Christian de Lusignan, colonel (retired). In the same newspaper issue No. 172 25 June – 7 July 1884, the following article was published: "The deceased who was buried thereby on Smolensk graveyard on 23 July, was a titled King of Cyprus and Jerusalem and Armenia, descendant of one of the protector of God's Casket, colonel of the Russian service, Louis de Lusignan."

References

• Boase, T. S. R. (1978). The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. ISBN   0-7073-0145-9.
• Mutafian, Claude (2001). Le Royaume Arménien de Cilicie. Paris: CNRS Editions. ISBN   2-271-05105-3.
• Histoire Des Princes de Lusignan, Anciens Rois de Jérusalem, de la Petite Arménie et de Chypre, St. Petersbourg, Soikine, Stremiannaya 12, 1903.