Constantine I, King of Armenia
For other uses, see Constantine of Armenia (disambiguation).
| Constantine I | |
|---|---|
| King of Armenia | |
| Reign | 1298–1299 |
| Predecessor | Sempad |
| Successor | Levon III |
| Born | 1278 |
| Died | c. 1310 |
| House | Hethumids |
| Father | Leo II of Armenia |
| Mother | Kyranna de Lampron |
Constantine I (Armenian: Կոստանդին Ա, Western Armenian transliteration: Gosdantin or Kostantine;) (also called Constantine III; 1278 – c. 1310) was briefly king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1298 to 1299. He was the son of Leo II of Armenia and Kyranna de Lampron and was part of the Hetoumid-family.
He helped his brother Sempad to usurp the throne in 1296, but turned against him two years later in 1298 to restore his older brother Hethum II. He assumed the throne for a year while Hethum recovered from his imprisonment. Shortly after Hethum's resumption in 1299, Constantine plotted to restore Sempad again, and both were imprisoned for the rest of their lives.
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- Boase, T. S. R. (1978). The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7073-0145-9.
- Ghazarian, Jacob G (2000). The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1393). Abingdon: RoutledgeCurzon (Taylor & Francis Group). ISBN 0-7007-1418-9.
| Constantine I, King of Armenia | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
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| Preceded by Smpad |
King of Armenia 1298–1299 |
Succeeded by Levon III |
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