Constantine III of Armenia
Hospitallers (1844 painting by Henri Delaborde
)Constantine III (also Constantine V;
Hethum I of Armenia), and second cousin of Constantine II.[1]
When Constantine II was killed in an uprising in 1344, Constantine III succeeded him. He attempted to wipe out all rival claimants to the throne, giving orders to kill Constantine II's nephews, Bemon and
in 1359.Constantine was the first husband of
Constantine IV.[2]
References
Notes
- Boase, T. S. R. (1978). The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7073-0145-9.
- Rüdt-Collenberg, W. H. (1963). The Rupenides, Hethumides and Lusignans: the Structure of the Armeno-Cilician Dynasties. Paris: Imprimerie A. Pignie.
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