Constantine II, King of Armenia

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Constantine II
Poitiers-Lusignan
FatherAmalric, Lord of Tyre
MotherIsabella of Armenia
Constantine's arms, a combination of those of Lusignan, Jerusalem, and Cilicia.

Constantine II (

Poitiers-Lusignan
dynasty, ruling from 1342 until his death in 1344.

Life

Guy de Lusignan was the son of

Oshin of Corycos
— but he eventually accepted and took the name Constantine.

Guy was killed in an uprising in

Constantine III.[6]

Marriages and issue

Guy married twice, firstly to a Kantakouzene (died c. 1330),[2] without issue, and secondly in 1330–1332, Theodora Syrgiannaina (died 1347/1349),[2] with whom he fathered:

  • Isabella of Lusignan (c. or after 1333 – in
    Despot of Morea
    .


References

  1. ^ a b Ghazarian 2000, p. 158.
  2. ^ a b c d Runciman 1999, p. Appendix III table 4.
  3. ^ Runciman 1999, p. Appendix III table 1.
  4. ^ Boustronios 2005, p. 240.
  5. ^ Ghazarian 2000, p. 159.
  6. ^ Hacikyan 2002, p. 196.

Sources

  • Boase, T. S. R. (1978). The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. .
  • Boustronios, Georgios (2005). A Narrative of the Chronicle of Cyprus: 1456-1489. State University of New York Press.
  • Ghazarian, Jacob G (2000). The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1393). Abingdon: Curzon Press. .
  • Hacikyan, Agop Jack, ed. (2002). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century. Vol. II. Wayne State University Press.
  • Runciman, Steven (1999). A History of the Crusades. Vol. III:The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. Cambridge University Press.


Constantine II, King of Armenia
House of Lusignan
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Armenia
1342–1344
Succeeded by
Constantine III