Hethumids
The Hethumids (Armenian: Հեթումյաններ Hethumian) (also spelled Hetoumids or Het'umids), also known as the House of Lampron (after Lampron castle), were an Armenian[2] dynasty and the rulers of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1226 to 1341. Hethum I, the first of the Hethumids, came to power when he married Queen Isabella of Armenia who had inherited the throne from her father.
| Hethumids Հեթումյաններ | |
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 Hethumid coat of arms | |
| Parent house | Pahlavuni[1] |
| Country |  Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia |
| Founded | 1226 |
| Founder | Oshin of Lampron, Hethum I |
| Final ruler | Leo IV |
| Titles | |
| Dissolution | 1341 |
| History of Armenia |
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 Coat of Arms of Armenia |
| Timeline • Origins • Etymology |
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: second reign)
- Smbat (1297-1299) - son of Leo II
- Constantine I (III) (1299) - son of Leo II
- Hethum II (1299-1301: third reign), 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.
References
- Toumanoff 2010, pp. 453–455.
- "Little Armenia | medieval kingdom, Asia | Britannica".
Thereafter the family of Oshin, another Armenian noble, ruled as the Hethumid dynasty until 1342.
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Sources
- Toumanoff, C. (2010). "KAMSARAKAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume XV/5: Ḵamsa of Jamāli–Karim Devona. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 453–455. ISBN 978-1-934283-28-8.
External links
- "Medieval Lands Project: Kings of Cilician Armenia". Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
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