Constantine II, Prince of Armenia

Constantine II^[1] (Armenian: Կոստանդին Բ), also Kostandin II,^[2] (unknown^[2] – after February 17, 1129^[2]) was the fourth lord of Armenian Cilicia^[3] or “Lord of the Mountains”^[2] (1129^[2]/1130^[1]).

The Chronique Rimée de la Petite Arménie (“The Rhymed Chronicle of Armenia Minor”) of Vahram of Edessa records that he was the son of Thoros I, lord of Armenian Cilicia.^[2] His mother’s name is not known.^[2]

He died a few months after his father’s death in the course of a palace intrigue.^[1] Vahram of Edessa, the historian tells us that he was cast into prison and poisoned to death.^[3]

After the death of Thoros, his only son and heir vas cast into prison by some wicked people, who administered to him a poisonous drug, thus the principality came to Leon, the brother of Thoros (…).

—Vahram of Edessa: The Rhymed Chronicle of Armenia Minor^[4]

Other historians (e.g., Jacob G. Ghazarian, Vahan M. Kurkjian) suggest that Thoros I died without a male heir^[3] and was succeeded by Leon I.^[5]

Footnotes

Sources

• Ghazarian, Jacob G: The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1393); RoutledgeCurzon (Taylor & Francis Group), 2000, Abingdon; ISBN 0-7007-1418-9
• Runciman, Steven: A History of the Crusades – Volume II.: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East: 1100–1187; Cambridge University Press, 1988, Cambridge; ISBN 0-521-06162-8

External links

• The Barony of Cilician Armenia (Kurkjian's History of Armenia, Ch. 27)