Levon IV formed an alliance with the Kingdom of Cyprus, then ruled by the Frankish Lusignan dynasty, but could not resist attacks from the Mamluks.
Cilicia was one of the most important regions for the Ottoman Armenians, because it managed to preserve Armenian character well throughout the years. [16] He was joined by many other Armenian lords and nobles. [12] Ruben II, Mleh, and Ruben III, succeeded T'oros in 1169, 1170, and 1175, respectively. The E-mail Address(es) field is required. All rights reserved. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Their capital was originally at Tarsus, and later became Sis. The Armenians were obligated to cede many fortresses to the Mamluks and were prohibited to rebuild their defensive fortifications. [6] Although the accession of Het'um I in 1226 marked the beginning of Cilician Armenia's united dynastic kingdom, the Armenians were confronted by many challenges from abroad.
[6] In 1224, Philip was imprisoned in Sis for stealing the crown jewels of Armenia, and after several months of confinement, he was poisoned and killed.
Levon II was accepted as the first king due to Byzantium not accepting previous de facto kings as real kings and not dukes. [33] In 1307, both the current and former kings met with Bularghu, the Mongol representative in Cilicia, at his camp just outside Anazarba. Foreign coins such as the Italian ducat, florin, and zecchino, the Greek besant, the Arab dirham, and the French livre were also accepted by merchants. [7], Armenian presence in Cilicia dates back to the first century BC, when under Tigranes the Great, the Kingdom of Armenia expanded and conquered a vast region in the Levant. Het'um II became a Franciscan friar after his abdication. [41], The title has also been claimed indirectly by the House of Savoy by claiming the title King of Jerusalem and a number of other thrones. [26] They took control of Egypt and Palestine in 1250 and 1253, respectively, and filled the vacuum caused by the Mongol destruction of the pre-existing Ayyubid and Abbasid governments. The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (Middle Armenian: Կիլիկիոյ Հայոց Թագաւորութիւն, Giligio Hayoc’ T’akavorut’iun), also known as Cilician Armenia (Armenian: Կիլիկեան Հայաստան, Giligian Hayastan), Lesser Armenia, or New Armenia[1] and formerly known as the Armenian Principality of Cilicia (Armenian: Կիլիկիայի հայկական իշխանութիւն), was an Armenian state formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. The structure of Cilician society became more synonymous with Western feudalism than to the traditional nakharar system of Armenia. [33], The Het'umids continued ruling an unstable Cilicia until the assassination of Levon IV in 1341, at the hands of an angry mob. Please enter your name. [45] As French became the secondary language of Cilician nobility, the secondary language for Cilician commerce had become Italian due to the three Italian city-states' extensive involvement in the Cilician economy. For a list of other Armenian Kingdoms, see, • Prince Levon II of Armenian Cilicia crowned as king, Although the kingdom was established in 1198, its foundations were laid in 1080 by, Mass Armenian migration under the Byzantine Empire, Armenian-Byzantine and Armenian-Seljuk contentions, Decline and fall with the Lusignan dynasty, Dispersion of the Armenian population of Cilicia.
He secured agreements with Pisa, Genoa, and Venice, as well as the French and the Catalans, and granted them certain privileges such as tax exemptions in return for their business. [38], From 1343 to 1344, a time when the Armenian population and its feudal rulers refused to adapt to the new Lusignan leadership and its policy of Latinizing the Armenian Church, Cilicia was again invaded by the Mamluks, who were intent on territorial expansion. [20] At the time, Saladin of Egypt defeated the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which led to the Third Crusade. The Armenian historian Nerses Balients was a Franciscan and an advocate of union with the Latin Church. Many served in the Byzantine army as soldiers or as generals, and rose to prominent imperial positions. [37] In 1342, Levon's cousin Guy de Lusignan, was anointed king as Constantine II, King of Armenia. Moreover, the organization of the Cilician society shifted from its traditional system to become closer to Western feudalism. Meanwhile, the Egyptian Mamluks had been replacing their former Ayyubid masters in Egypt.
He integrated the Cilician coastal cities to the Armenian principality, thus consolidating Armenian commercial leadership in the region. [34] Oshin, brother of Het'um, immediately marched against Bularghu to retaliate and vanquished him, forcing him to leave Cilicia. http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/954855196> ; http:\/\/purl.oclc.org\/dataset\/WorldCat> ; http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/-\/oclc\/954855196#PublicationEvent\/paris_cnrs_2001_borgo_s_dalmazzo_g_canale_&_c>. [47], After the sacking of Hromkla by the Mamluks in 1293, the Catholicosate was transferred to Sis, the capital of the Cilician Kingdom. [16][17] They captured and imprisoned Levon in Constantinople with several other family members, including his sons Ruben and T'oros. [39] The final king, Levon V, was granted safe passage, and died in exile in Paris in 1393 after calling in vain for another crusade. It was located at the juncture of many trade routes linking Central Asia and the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean. Seven years later, they earned a decisive victory against Byzantium by defeating Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes' army at Manzikert, north of Lake Van. Above all, most ordinary Armenians frowned on conversion to Roman Catholicism or Greek Orthodoxy.
Between 1078 and 1085, Philaretus built a principality stretching from Malatia in the north to Antioch in the south, and from Cilicia in the west to Edessa in the east.
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