Mary of Antioch Armenia

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Maria of Antioch-Armenia (* 1215 , † after 1248) was an Antiochene princess , pretender to the throne of Armenia and mistress of Toron , as well as mistress of Tire by marriage .

She was the younger daughter of Prince Raymond II Ruben of Antioch and his wife Helvis of Lusignan , the daughter of King Amalrich of Cyprus-Jerusalem . Her father had controversial hereditary claims to the throne of the Principality of Antioch and the Kingdom of Lesser Armenia , but was ultimately unable to enforce them. He only ruled Antioch from 1216 to 1219 and died in 1222 in a small Armenian dungeon.

Her paternal grandmother, Alice of Armenia , was able to enforce her inheritance claims to the Toron evacuated by the Muslims following a legal dispute as a result of the Peace of Jaffa in 1229 and gain possession of this rule, which she bequeathed to Mary on her death. Maria's older sister, Eschiva, had already died at this point. Toron was reoccupied by the Muslims in 1239. In 1240, when the army of the barons' crusade was in Palestine, Maria married the French crusader Philip of Montfort , who, when the Muslims peacefully returned Toron as part of the crusade in the winter of 1240/41, obtained the enfeoffment of Toron from their rights. In 1246 Philip also became lord of Tire .

progeny

With Philipp von Montfort she had two sons:

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predecessor Office successor
Alice of Armenia Mistress of Toron
(with Philipp von Montfort )
1241–1257 		Johann of Montfort
personal data
SURNAME Mary of Antioch Armenia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mary of Antioch; Mary of Toron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Antioch, pretender to the throne of Armenia, mistress of Toron
DATE OF BIRTH 1215
DATE OF DEATH after 1248