Constantine III (Armenia)

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Constantine III ( Armenian Կոստանդին Ա; * 1278 ; † 1308 ) was King of Lesser Armenia from 1298 to 1299 . He was a son of Leon III. and Keran (Kir Anna), daughter of Prince Hethum of Lambron and a member of the Hethumid dynasty .

Constantine helped his brother Sempad to take power in the kingdom in 1296 when their brothers Hethum II and Thoros III. were on a trip to Constantinople to Rita of Armenia, a sister of the four, with Michael IX. Palaiologos, the co-emperor of Andronikos II .

Two years later, Constantine turned against Sempad and freed Hethum, who had been imprisoned by Sempad in the fortress Partzerpert and partially blinded by cauterization . Constantine took power for a few months while Hethum recovered from the effects of his captivity and dazzling. Shortly after Hethum regained the throne in 1299, Constantine was again the author of a conspiracy aimed at bringing Sempad back to power. Hethum exiled his two traitorous brothers in Constantinople .

literature

  • Thomas SR Boase (Ed.): The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia. Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh 1978, ISBN 0-7073-0145-9 .
  • Angus Donal Stewart: The Armenian Kingdom and the Mamluks. War and diplomacy during the reigns of Het'um II (1289-1307) (= The Medieval Mediterranean. 34). Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden et al. 2001, ISBN 90-04-12292-3 .
  • Frédéric Luisetto: Arméniens & autres Chrétiens d'Orient sous la domination mongole. L'Ilkhanat de Ghâzân, 1295-1304. Geuthner, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-7053-3791-9 .

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predecessor Office successor
Sempad King of Lesser Armenia
1298–1299 		Hethum II
personal data
SURNAME Constantine III
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Constantine I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Lesser Armenia
DATE OF BIRTH 1278
DATE OF DEATH 1308