Hethumids
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Lampron
Lampron - is a castle near the town of Çamlıyayla in Mersin Province, Turkey. While part of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in the Middle Ages, the castle was known as Lampron and was the ancestral home of the Armenian Hethumid princes...
castle), were the rulers of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia , also known as the Cilician Armenia, Kingdom of Cilician Armenia or New Armenia, was an independent principality formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia...
from 1226 to 1373. Hethum I, the first of the Hethumids, came to power when he married Queen Isabella of Armenia
Queen Isabella of Armenia
Isabella I , also Isabel I or Zabel I, was the queen regnant of Cilician Armenia ....
who had inherited the throne from her father.
Hethumid Kings of Armenia
- Hethum (or Hetoum) I (1226-1270)
- Leo II (1270-1289) - son of Hethum I
- Hethum II (1289-1293) - son of Leo II
- Thoros III (1293-1298) - son of Leo II
- Hethum II (1294-1297)
- Sempad (1297-1299) - son of Leo II
- Constantine III (1299) - son of Leo II
- Hethum II (1299-1301), regent 1301-1307
- Leo III (1301-1307) - son of Thoros III
- Oshin (1307-1320) - son of Leo II
- Leo IV (1320-1341) - son of Oshin
- Armenia passed then to the Lusignans.
Lampron branch
Hethum I († 1071), Lord of Lampron│
└──> Oshin I
Oshin of Lampron
Oshin of Lampron was an Armenian nakharar, formerly lord of a fortress near modern day Ganja, who migrated in the early 1070s to Cilicia and founded the House of Lampron that ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in the 12th century....
(† 1110), Lord of Lampron
X a daughter of Abul Gharib Arcruni, Prince of Armenia
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└──> Hethum II († 1143), Lord of Lampron
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├──> Oshin II (1125 † 1170), Lord of Lampron
│ X Shahantukhd Saven Pahlavuni
Pahlavuni
Pahlavuni was an Armenian noble family that rose to prominence in the late 10th century during the last years of the Bagratuni monarchy.-Origins:...
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│ └──> Hethum III (1151 † 1218), Lord of Lampron
│ X1) daughter of Thoros II
Thoros II of Armenia
Toros II the Great , also Thoros II, was the sixth lord of Armenian Cilicia or “Lord of the Mountains” ....
, Prince of Armenia
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│ ├2:> Constantine (1180 † 1250), Lord of Lampron
│ │ X Stephany of Barbaron
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│ │ ├──> Hethum (1220 † 1250)
│ │ │ X Eschive of Poitiers, daughter of Raymond-Roupen
Raymond-Roupen of Antioch
Raymond-Roupen of Antioch or Raimond Rupen de Poitiers was Prince of Antioch between 1205 and 1208 and between 1216 and 1219/1221 and "Rex Iunior" of Armenia between 1199 and 1221/1222....
, Prince of Antioch
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│ │ │ ├──> Keran († 1285)
│ │ │ │ X Leo II
Leo II of Armenia
Leo II , also Leon II, Levon II or Lewon II was the tenth lord of Armenian Cilicia or “Lord of the Mountains” , and the first king of Armenian Cilicia .During his reign, Leo succeeded in establishing Cilician Armenia as a powerful and a unified Christian...
, King of Armenia
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│ │ │ └──> Alice
│ │ │ X Balian of Ibelin
Balian of Ibelin (1240-1302)
Balian of Ibelin , seneschal of Cyprus, was son of Guy of Ibelin, constable of Cyprus, and Philippa Berlais.He married Alice de Lampron, granddaughter of Stéphanie de Barbaron and Raymond-Roupen d'Antioche, and they had:...
(1240 † 1302)
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│ │ └──> Alice of Lampron
│ │ X Oshin, Lord of Korikos
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│ └2:> Alice of Lampron († 1220)
│ X Constantine of Barbaron
Barbaron branch
│└──> Sempad († 1153), Lord of Barbaron
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├──> Bakouran († 1199), Lord of Barbaron
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├──> Vasak († after 1199), Lord of Barbaron
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│ └──> Constantine
Constantine of Baberon
Constantine of Baberon was a powerful Armenian noble of the Hetoumids family. He was the son of Vassag, the maternal uncle of king Levon I of Armenia...
(1180 † 1263), Lord of Barbaron and of Korikos
│ X1)
│ X2) Alice of Lampron († 1220)
│ X3) Beatrice
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│ ├─1> Stephany of Barbaron
│ │ X) Constantin, Lord of Lampron
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│ ├─2> Sempad the Constable
Sempad the Constable
Sempad the Constable was a noble in Cilician Armenia, an older brother of King Hetoum I. He was an important figure in Cilicia, acting as a diplomat, judge, and military officer, holding the title of Constable or Sparapet, supreme commander of the Armenian armed forces...
(1208 † 1276)
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│ ├─2> Maria of Barbaron († 1263)
│ │ X John of Ibelin
John of Ibelin (jurist)
John of Ibelin , count of Jaffa and Ascalon, was a noted jurist and the author of the longest legal treatise from the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He was the son of Philip of Ibelin, bailli of the Kingdom of Cyprus, and Alice of Montbéliard, and was the nephew of John of Ibelin, the "Old Lord of Beirut"...
(† 1266)
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│ ├─2> Stephany of Barbaron (1220 † 1249)
│ │ X) Henry I of Cyprus
Henry I of Cyprus
Henry I of Cyprus, nicknamed the Fat, aka Henry of Lusignan or Henri I le Gros de Lusignan was King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253. He was the son of Hugh I of Cyprus and Alice of Champagne of Jerusalem. When his father Hugh I died on January 10, 1218, the 8-month-old Henry became king...
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│ ├─3> John († 1289), Bishop of Mavleon, Archbishop of Sis
Sis, Armenia
Sis is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
Royal branch
│ ││ ├─2> Hethum I
Hethum I of Armenia
Hethum I ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1226 to 1270. He was the son of Constantine, Lord of Baberon and Partzapert and was the founder of the dynasty which bears his name: the Hetoumids...
(1215 † 1270), King of Armenia
│ │ X Isabella of Armenia
Isabella of Armenia
Isabella of Armenia or Zabel of Armenia may refer to:* Isabella of Armenia , ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1219 to 1252, married to Hetoum I* Sibylla of Armenia , daughter of Queen Isabella and King Hetoum I...
, daughter of Leo I
Leo I of Armenia
Leo I, also Levon I or Leon I, was the fifth lord of Armenian Cilicia or “Lord of the Mountains” ....
, King of Armenia
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│ │ ├──> Leo II
Leo II of Armenia
Leo II , also Leon II, Levon II or Lewon II was the tenth lord of Armenian Cilicia or “Lord of the Mountains” , and the first king of Armenian Cilicia .During his reign, Leo succeeded in establishing Cilician Armenia as a powerful and a unified Christian...
(† 1289), King of Armenia
│ │ │ X Kyrana of Lampron († 1285)
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│ │ │ ├──> Hethum II
Hethum II of Armenia
Hethum II was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1289 to 1293, 1295 to 1296 and 1299 to 1303, while Armenia was a subject state of the Mongol Empire...
(1266 † 1307), King and Grand Baron of Armenia
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│ │ │ ├──> Thoros III
Thoros III of Armenia
Thoros III or Toros III was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1293 to 1298. He was the son of Leo II of Armenia and Kyranna de Lampron, and was part of the Hethumid dynasty. In 1293 his brother Hethum II abdicated in his favour; however, Thoros recalled Hethum to the throne in...
(1271 † 1298), Prince of Barbaron, King of Armenia
│ │ │ │ X Marguerite, daughter of Hugh III, King of Cyprus
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│ │ │ │ └──> Leo III
Leo III of Armenia
Leo II or Leon II was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1269/1270 to 1289. He was the son of King Hetoum I and Queen Isabella and was a member of the Hetoumid family.-Early life:Leo was born in 1236, the son of King Hetoum I and Queen Isabella...
(1289 † 1307), King of Armenia
│ │ │ │ X Maria of Lusignan, daughter of Amalric II of Cyprus
│ │ │ │ and Isabella of Armenia
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│ │ │ │ └──> Isabella of Armenia († 1323)
│ │ │ │ X Amalric, Prince of Tyre
Amalric, Prince of Tyre
Amalric de Lusignan or Amaury II de Lusignan, Prince of Tyre , of the Lusignan family, was a son of Hugh III of Cyprus and Isabella of Ibelin.-Biography:...
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│ │ │ │ └──> Constantine II († 1344), King of Armenia
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│ │ │ ├──> Sempad
Sempad of Armenia
Sempad, Smpad, Sambat, or Smbat ; 1277 – c. 1310) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1296 to 1298. He was the son of Leo II of Armenia and Kyranna de Lampron and was part of the Hetoumid-family....
(† 1311), King of Armenia
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│ │ │ ├──> Oshin
Oshin of Armenia
Oshin was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1307 to 1320. He was a member of the Hetoumid-family, the son of Leo II, King of Armenia and Queen Keran....
(1283 † 1320), King of Armenia
│ │ │ │ X1) Isabella of Korikos († 1310)
│ │ │ │ X2) Isabella of Lusignan († 1319), daughter of Hugh III of Cyprus
Hugh III of Cyprus
Hugh III of Cyprus , born Hughues de Poitiers, later Hughues de Lusignan , called the Great, was the King of Cyprus from 1267 and King of Jerusalem from 1268 . He was the son of Henry of Antioch and Isabella of Cyprus, the daughter of Hugh I...
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│ │ │ │ X4) 1320 Jeanne of Anjou
Jeanne of Anjou
Joan of Anjou was a daughter of Philip I, Prince of Taranto and his first wife Thamar Angelina Komnene. She was Queen consort of Armenia by her first marriage...
(† 1327), daughter of Philip I, Prince of Taranto
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│ │ │ │ └1:> Leo IV
Leo IV of Armenia
Leo III was a young king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1303 or 1305 to 1307, along with his uncle Hethum II...
(†1341), King of Armenia
│ │ │ │ X1) Alice of Korikos
Alice of Korikos
Alice of Korikos was the only daughter of Oshin of Korikos and his first wife Margaret d'Ibelin. She was Queen consort of Armenia by her marriage....
│ │ │ │ X2) Constance of Aragon
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│ │ │ ├──> Roupen († 1310), Prince of Lampron
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│ │ │ ├──> Constantine I (1278 † 1310), King of Armenia
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│ │ │ ├──> Isabella (1275 † 1323)
│ │ │ │ X Almalic II
Amalric, Prince of Tyre
Amalric de Lusignan or Amaury II de Lusignan, Prince of Tyre , of the Lusignan family, was a son of Hugh III of Cyprus and Isabella of Ibelin.-Biography:...
, governor of Cyprus and Prince of Tyre
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│ │ │ └──> Rita
Rita of Armenia
Rita of Armenia was a daughter of King Levon II of Armenia and Queen Keran. She was the wife of Byzantine co-emperor Michael IX Palaiologos, making her a junior empress-consort of the Byzantine Empire. In 1317, she became the only empress upon the death of the senior empress, Irene of Montferrat...
(1278 † 1333)
│ │ │ X Michael IX, Byzantine Emperor
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│ │ ├──> Sibylla of Armenia
Sibylla of Armenia
Sibylla of Armenia was the daughter of Queen Isabella of Armenia and king Hethoum I of Armenia and was a member of the Hetoumid family....
(† 1290)
│ │ │ X Bohemond VI of Antioch
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│ │ ├──> Euphemia († 1309)
│ │ │ X Julian Grenier
Julian Grenier
Julian Grenier was the Count of Sidon from 1239 to 1260, then becoming merely titular. He was the son and successor of Balian I and Margaret of Brienne...
(† 1275), Count of Sidon
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│ │ └──> Maria († 1310)
│ │ X 1266 Guy of Ibelin († 1289), son of Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus
Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus
Baldwin of Ibelin was the fourth of five sons of John I of Beirut and his second wife Melisende of Arsuf.He commanded the third battaile at the Battle of Agridi in 1232. In 1246, he was appointed Seneschal of Cyprus and was taken captive at the Battle of Mansurah in 1250.Baldwin married Alix,...
Korikos branch
│ ││ ├─2> Oshin I († 1264), Lord of Korikos
│ │ X Alice of Lampron
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│ │ ├──> Constantine I († 1280), Lord of Korikos
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│ │ └──> Hethum the historian († 1314), Lord of Korikos
│ │ X Isabella of Ibelin, daughter of Guy of Ibelin and Maria, daughter of Hethum I
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│ │ ├──> Isabella of Korikos
│ │ │ X Oshin
Oshin of Armenia
Oshin was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1307 to 1320. He was a member of the Hetoumid-family, the son of Leo II, King of Armenia and Queen Keran....
, King of Armenia
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│ │ ├──> Constantine II († 1329), Lord of Lampron
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│ │ └──> Oshin II
Oshin of Korikos
Oshin of Korikos served as regent of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1320 to 1329. He was the son of the historian Hayton of Korikos. He became regent for Leo IV on the death of King Oshin in 1320, whom he was rumoured to have poisoned...
(† 1329), Lord of Korikos
│ │ X1) 1311 Margaret of Ibelin, daughter of Balian of Ibelin
│ │ X2) 1320 Joan of Anjou († 1327), daughter of Philip I, Prince of Taranto
│ │ │widow of Oshin
Oshin of Armenia
Oshin was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1307 to 1320. He was a member of the Hetoumid-family, the son of Leo II, King of Armenia and Queen Keran....
, King of Armenia
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│ │ ├──> Alice of Korikos († 1329)
│ │ │ X Leo IV
Leo IV of Armenia
Leo III was a young king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1303 or 1305 to 1307, along with his uncle Hethum II...
, King of Armenia
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│ │ └──> Maria of Korikos
Marie of Armenia
Marie of Korikos was the daughter of Oshin of Corycos and his second Jeanne of Anjou. She was Queen consort of Armenia by her first two marriages. She was a member of the House of Neghir and House of Lusignan.- Family:...
(† 1365)
│ │ X1) Constantine III, King of Armenia
│ │ X2) Constantine IV, King of Armenia
│ │ X3) Otto IV of Brunswick, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor is a term used by historians to denote a medieval ruler who, as German King, had also received the title of "Emperor of the Romans" from the Pope...
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│ ├─2> Basil († 1265), Lord of Korikos
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Neghir branch
│ ││ └─2> Constantine, Lord of Neghir
│ X Isabella of Lusignan, daughter of Hugh III of Cyprus
Hugh III of Cyprus
Hugh III of Cyprus , born Hughues de Poitiers, later Hughues de Lusignan , called the Great, was the King of Cyprus from 1267 and King of Jerusalem from 1268 . He was the son of Henry of Antioch and Isabella of Cyprus, the daughter of Hugh I...
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│ ├──> Hethum, Lord of Neghir
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│ │ └──> Constantine IV († 1373), King of Armenia
│ │ X Maria of Korikos
Marie of Armenia
Marie of Korikos was the daughter of Oshin of Corycos and his second Jeanne of Anjou. She was Queen consort of Armenia by her first two marriages. She was a member of the House of Neghir and House of Lusignan.- Family:...
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│ └──> Baldwin, Marshall of Armenia
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│ └──> Constantine III († 1363), King of Armenia
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└──> Rita of Barberon, daughter of Joan of Barberon|Thamar Pahtasari
X Stephen of Armenia
Stephen of Armenia
Stephen of Armenia was the Marshal of Armenia, the son of Leo I, Prince of Armenia and Beatrice de Rethel.His father made him Marshal in 1138, due to the invasion of John II Comnenus, and escaped capture by sheltering in Edessa...
, (Roupenid dynasty)