Oshin, King of Armenia
| Oshin | |
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Jeanne of Anjou | |
| Issue | Leo IV George of Armenia |
| House | Hethumids |
| Father | Leo II |
| Mother | Keran of Lampron |
Oshin (
Oshin became king after the murder of his nephew
Cilician Armenia
and Oshin was crowned and ascended to the throne.
Like his brother
Thoros III
.
His sister
Amalric of Tyre, and when Amalric usurped the government of Cyprus from his brother Henry II of Cyprus
, Henry was held in Armenia by Oshin. He was, however, released and returned to Cyprus on the assassination of Amalric in 1310.
Oshin was married three times:
- First to his cousin, Isabel of Korikos, by whom he had one son, Leo IV (born 1309).[1] She died in 1310.
- Second to Isabelle of Lusignan, daughter of the King Hugh III of Cyprus and widow of Constantine of Neghir, Lord of Partzerpert. Oshin divorced her before 1316. Isabelle died in 1319.
- Third to Joan of Taranto on February, 1316 in Tarsus.[1] She had one son with him, George (1317 – after 1323).
On his death on July 20, 1320, Oshin was succeeded by his minor son
Leo IV (sometimes referred to as Leo V). It was popularly believed that Oshin was poisoned by his cousin (and brother-in-law) Oshin of Korikos
.
References
- ^ a b c Runciman 1999, Appendix III, part 4.
References
- Boase, T. S. R. (1978). The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7073-0145-9.
- Stewart, Angus Donal (2001). The Armenian Kingdom and the Mamluks: War and diplomacy during the reigns of Het'um II (1289–1307). BRILL. ISBN 90-04-12292-3.
- Stewart, Angus (2005), "The Assassination of King Het'um II: The Conversion of The Ilkhans and the Armenians", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 15: 45–61, hdl:10023/1563
- Ghazarian, Jacob G (2000). The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins (1080–1393). Abingdon: RoutledgeCurzon (Taylor & Francis Group). ISBN 0-7007-1418-9.
- Runciman, Steven (1999). A History of the Crusades. Vol. III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. Cambridge University Press.
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