Hethumids
The Hethumids ruled the kingdom of Lesser Armenia from 1226 to 1375. They lead their line back to the Armenian nobleman Oschin after the fall of Greater Armenia around 1072 in Lambron , in the Taurus Mountains . In contrast to their great rivals, the Rubenids , they were mostly on the Byzantine side.
After the death of King Leo I in 1219, rule over Armenia fell to his daughter Zabel . After her first marriage with Philip of Antioch had failed because he did not want to convert to the Armenian Church, the Baron Constantine of Lambron took over the reign and forced Zabel to marry his son Hayton (Hethum I) .
After King Leon V died without heirs, the crown fell to Guido of Lusignan , the third eldest son of Zabel , sister of Hethum II and Amalrich of Tire . As a Catholic, however, he was extremely unpopular and was murdered by the barons in 1344.
Kings of Lesser Armenia from the line of the Hethumids
- Hethum I. (1226-1269)
- Leon III (1270-1289)
- Hethum II (1289-1293; 1294-1297; 1299-1307)
- Thoros III. (1293-1298)
- Sempad (1297-1299)
- Constantine III (1299)
- Leon IV (1301-1307)
- Oschin (1303 / 1305-1320)
- Leon V (1320-1341)
